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Lester F. Johnson Biography
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1919
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Born in Minneapolis, MN
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1939
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Alfred Pillsbury Scholarship
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1940 - 1941
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The President’s Scholarship, Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
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1941
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St. Paul Gallery Scholarship
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1942
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Longview Fellowship Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1942
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Midwestern Artists Competition 1st prize
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1942 - 1947
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Studied at the Minneapolis School of Art, St. Paul Art School, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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1964
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Summer Aritist-In-Residence, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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1973
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1969 - 1974
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Director of Studies Graduate Painting, School of Art and Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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1978
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Brandeis University Creative Arts Award for Painting
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1987
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Elected Associate National Academy of Design
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1964 - 1989
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Professor (Adjunct) of Painting, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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1998 |
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Peter Findlay Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Peter Findlay Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Denise Cade Gallery in association with Joseph Rickards Fine Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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UFO Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Editions, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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Editions 1974-1991, Pharos Gallery, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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1994 |
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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A Print Retrospective 1960-1990, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT (solo) |
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1990 |
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Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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Retrospective, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo) |
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1988 |
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35 Years of Prints, Cone Editions, New York, NY (solo) |
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1988 |
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Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT (solo) |
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1987 |
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Works on Paper 1960-87, Jack Schainman Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) |
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1986 |
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Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada (solo) |
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1986 |
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Naked/Nude, print exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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The Artist Celebrates New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY |
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1985 |
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Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo) |
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1984 |
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Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT (solo) |
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1984 |
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Aspects of the City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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1984 |
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Figure Expressionism, Art Museum Association of America, San Francisco, CA |
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1984 |
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The First Eight Years, Artists’ Choice Museum, New York, NY |
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1983 |
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Connecticut Painters 7+7+7, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT |
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1983 |
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Selections from the Permanent Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY |
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1983 |
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The Early Paintings 1957-67, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1982 |
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In Our Time, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
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1982 |
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Homo Sapiens, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT |
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1981 |
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The Sun Gallery, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA |
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1980 |
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Street Scenes, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Galery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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Collection: Art in America After World War II, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1978 |
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A Benefit for the Yale School of Art: Works by Members of the Yale Faculty 1950-78, Harold Reed Gallery, New York, NY |
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1977 |
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The City, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Galery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1976 |
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Painting & Sculpture Today 1976, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN |
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1975 |
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Early Works, Livingston-Learmonth Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1974 |
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Nineteenth National Print Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY |
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1973 |
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1973 Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1972 |
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Ten Independents - An Artist Initiated Exhibition, The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1972 |
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Immagine per la Citta, Palazzo dell’Academia Palazzo Reale, Genoa, Italy |
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1971 |
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The Human Situation: Street Scene 1969-71, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1970 |
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Regards Privileges 1951-70, Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, France |
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1969 |
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II Bienal Internacional del De Porte en Ias Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain |
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1968 |
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Social Comment in American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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the 1960’s, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT |
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1966 |
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Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Figuration, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Contemporary American Drawings, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Portraits from the American Art World, New School Art Center, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY |
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1963 |
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Eleven Americans, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY |
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1960 |
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Figure in Contemporary Painting, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY |
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1960 |
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Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1959 |
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100 Works on Paper, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
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1958 |
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Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1957 |
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1956 |
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Artists of the New York School: Second Generation, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY |
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1951 |
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Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1949 |
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Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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