John Christen Johansen

United States of America
United States of America
Games Participations2
First Olympic GamesAmsterdam 1928
Year of Birth1876

Biography

Painter John Christen Johansen was born in Denmark, but married the American painter Jean MacLane. Their son John MacLane Johansen later became a well-known architect. John Christen became a well-known portraitist and studied in Cincinnati and Chicago from 1901-11. In 1919, he moved to Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, and learned academic techniques while being exposed to the ideas of modernism.

Johansen’s portraits included many well-known and high-ranked politicians in the US. He also painted the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, ordered by the US Government. He combined luministic, tonalistic, and impressionistic styles and specialized in landscapes, portraits, and interior scenes. His son John M. Johansen was to become one of America's most famous architects.

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