Background
Johnson, John Theodore was born on November 7, 1902 in Oregon, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore and Jennie (Lindstrom) Johnson.
Johnson, John Theodore was born on November 7, 1902 in Oregon, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore and Jennie (Lindstrom) Johnson.
Student The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, 1920-1925, with Andre L’Hote, Paris, 1925-1926.
Instructor Art Institute of Chicago, 1925, 1928-1929, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1938-1941. Head painting department, Minneapolis School of Arts, 1941-1945. Former associate professor art, San Jose State College, now professor of art
Works include: “Bistro Bruel,” “Portrait of Young Woman,” The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, numerous portraits.
Murals post office buildings. Works in I. B. M. permanent collections.
In private collections Chicago, Toledo, Des Moines, San Francisco, et cetera Exhibited: Chicago artists and American artists shows, Art Institute, since 1928.
Retrospective exhibition 25 years of painting, San Jose State College, 1951.
Other museums and galleries of the United States. Held several one-man shows.
Married Mary Trankla, 1925 (divorced 1931). Married second, Barbara Salmon, December 21, 1931. Children: John Theodore, Peter Ashley.