Artist
Sargent Johnson
born Boston, MA 1887-died San Francisco, CA 1967
- Also known as
- Sargent Claude Johnson
- Born
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Biography
"It is the pure American Negro I am concerned with, aiming to show the natural beauty and dignity in that characteristic lip and that characteristic hair, bearing and manner; and I wish to show that beauty not so much to the white man as to the Negro himself." — Sargent Johnson quoted in San Francisco Chronicle,
Exhibitions
April 27, 2012–September 3, 2012
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond presents a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is home to one of the most significant collections of African American art in the world.