George Johanson Signed Framed Limited Edition Print Artist Waiting for an Idea

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George Johanson (1928 - 2022, American/Portland, Oregon) framed black and white print titled "Waiting for an Idea'. Titled, limited edition … Read more George Johanson (1928 - 2022, American/Portland, Oregon) framed black and white print titled "Waiting for an Idea'. Titled, limited edition 100, signed and dated 1989 in pencil at base.

Simple black frame with glass measures 26" x 19 3/4". Print in white matte measures 19"x 13"
Excellent condition.

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A long life in a few words
A painter, printmaker, ceramic tile artist, teacher, writer and documentary film-maker, George Johanson studied at the Museum Art School in Portland with further study in New York and London. He taught at the Museum Art School (now the Pacific Northwest College of Art) for 25 years until his retirement in 1980.

He had more than 60 one man shows and is represented in public and private collections including the Portland Art Museum, the Smithsonian National Collection, in Washington, D.C. and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He received the Oregon Governor's Arts Award in 1992.

In 2002 the Portland Art Museum presented an exhibition of his drawings titled “Equivalents- Portraits of 80 Oregon Artists”. He was given a 60 year retrospective of his work at the Hallie Ford Museum, Salem in 2007. In 2010 the Pacific Northwest College of Art presented a major selection of his paintings titled “Seven Decades”.

Johanson wrapped up a life-long career in the arts in 2022 at the age of nearly 94. His work is represented by the Augen Gallery in Portland, Oregon.


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