Sargent Claude Johnson
African American artist (1887-1967) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 80
Sargent Claude Johnson was one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation. He was known for Abstract Figurative and Early Modern styles. He was a painter, potter, ceramicist, printmaker, graphic artist, sculptor, and carver.
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![Chester appeared in the 1931 Harmon Foundation touring exhibition. The terra cotta sculpture is now in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[7][8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/%22Chester%22_-_NARA_-_559078.jpg/1280px-%22Chester%22_-_NARA_-_559078.jpg)
Chester appeared in the 1931 Harmon Foundation touring exhibition. The terra cotta sculpture is now in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[7][8]
Johnson in his studio in a Harmon Foundation photo now at the National Archives at College Park.
Center panel of the 1937 organ screen now at the Huntington Library.Awards
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He worked in a variety of media, including ceramics, clay, stone, wood, terra cotta, tiled murals, watercolor, oil on canvas, porcelain enamel on steel, and lithography. Despite having lived in San Francisco for most of his adult life, Johnson is considered one of the stellar artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
