# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:31:18.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-johnson"
name: "William H. Johnson"
slug: "william-h-johnson"
description: "William Henry Johnson was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later lived and worked in France, where he was exposed to modernism. After Johnson married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake, the couple lived for some time in Scandinavia. There he was influenced by the strong folk art tradition. The couple moved to the United States in 1938. Johnson eventually found work as a teacher at the Harlem Community Art Center, through the Federal Art Project."
tagline: "African American artist (1901-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_H_Johnson_(edited).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1901-03-18"
deathDate: "1970-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.05
  momentum:             5.142819877396636
  historical:           6.570089333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(kunstenaar)"
    title: "William Johnson (kunstenaar)"
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    title: "ويليام جونسون (رسام)"
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    title: "William H. Johnson (artist)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(artista)"
    title: "William Johnson (artista)"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(kunstnik)"
    title: "William Johnson (kunstnik)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Johnson"
    title: "William H. Johnson"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם הנרי ג'ונסון"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump