Ray Johnson
American artist (1927-1995) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 67
Raymond Edward "Ray" Johnson was an American artist. Known primarily as a collagist and correspondence artist, he was a seminal figure in the history of Neo-Dada and early Pop art and was described as "New York's most famous unknown artist".
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Johnson also staged and participated in early performance art events as the founder of a far-ranging mail art network - the New York Correspondence School - which picked up momentum in the 1960s and is still active today. He is occasionally associated with members of the Fluxus movement but was never a member. He lived in New York City from 1949 to 1968, when he moved to a small town in Long Island and remained there until his suicide.
