TitlePortrait Study #2
Artist
Lester Frederick Johnson
(1919 - 2010)
Date1969
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 26 × 20 in.
Framed: 27 3/8 × 21 1/2 × 2 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Lester Johnson"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, November 4, 1987
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1987.41
Label TextAs an artist, Lester Johnson came of age in the 1950s, during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. He soon took a decided turn away from abstraction, however, and concentrated on expressive figural depictions. Portrait Study #2 is a typical painting from the 1960s, when Johnson worked with a limited palette comprised almost entirely of grays and blacks.
