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WILLIAM H. JOHNSON Events in His Art Career Born - Florence, S.C. 1901 1921-1926 - Studied at National Academy of Design 1926 (Winter) - Studied & Painted Paris (Portraits & Still Life) 1927 - Moret-sur-Loing, France (Landscape Painting) 1928 - Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (Landscape painting) 1929 - Met Danish artist Holcha Krake at Cagnes; traveled to Corsica; Nice; France & Belgium; Esborg and Odense, Denmark 1929 - December, to New York; received Harmon Gold Award in Fine Arts 1930 - Florence, S.C. home Kerteminde, Denmark - Married Holcha Krake 1930 - 1932 - Lived and worked in fishing village, Kerteminde 1933 - Germany (Hamburg & Cologne) Paris, France Tunisia (Kairwan; Sousse; Hammamet; Nabeul) 1933 - France, (Martique) Denmark, (Kerteminde) 1934 - Across Jutland by bicycle, asl to Esbjerg & Aarhus, Denmark 1935 - Oslo, Norway (Met Pola Gaugin; Edward Munch) Lillehammer, Norway 1936 - Jolster, Norway; Also Sunn [[striketrhough]] e [[/strikethrough]] fiord and Volda - by bicycle 1937 1938 - Spring, took boat from Aalesund to Tromsoe and back to Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands then from Norway to Stockholm, and Gaevle and Vaesteras, Sweden To Norway (Oslo) To Denmark (Kerteminde and Copenhagen) 1938 - Fall - to New York 1943 - Holcha Krake Johnson died in New York 1944 - Florence, S.C. home 1946 - Return to Denmark 1947 - Return to New York and hospitalization Exhibits - 1927-Paris; 1928-29 Nice; 1930,31-33 Harmon Foundation in New York & Travelling; 1930-Florence, S.C. & Marquette, Mich.,1931 & 1933 Copenhagen & Odense, Denmark; 1934-Esbjerg & Aarhus, Denmark; 1935-Oslo, Norway; 1936-Volda & Aalesund, Norway; 1937-Trondheim, Norway; 1938-Tromsoe, Norway & Stockholm & Gaevle, Sweden; 1939-New York - Artists' Gallery; 1940 Harlem Art Center; 1941 Alma Reed Gallery; 1943 & 1944 - Wakefield Gallery; Marquie' Gallery;1946 N.Y.Public Library, 135th Street Branch; 1947-Denmark (Copenhagen. 1956-Retrospective Exhibits. Included in 20 collections abroad; Work in National Museum, Stockholm; Gaevle Museum (Sweden); Trondheim Museum (Norway), and others. Harmon Foundation 140 Nassau Street New York 38, New York