TitleThree Women and Arches #3
Artist
Lester Frederick Johnson
(1919 - 2010)
Date1987
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 24 × 36 in.
Framed: 26 × 37 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Lester Johnson 87"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 5, 1988
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1988.20
Label TextMoving to New York from Chicago in 1947 after studying at the School of the Art Institute, Lester Johnson initially fell under the spell of Abstract Expressionism and used its gestural methods of painting to create large figure compositions. Throughout the 1960s his work was almost exclusively in black and white with heavy outlines and little or no modeling typified his figures. By the 1970s color had entered the artist's palette which became more saturated over time. "Three Women and Arches #3" shows Johnson's interest in a type of monumental sculptural female figure that is characteristic of the artist's work from this period.
