'Standing Woman’ by John Johnson

'Standing Woman’ by John Johnsonartist: John Johnson (Swedish 1915 1968) medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 54 x 91 cm art size 56 x 93 cm frame size (approx) signed circa late 1950s early 1960s presented in a new hand stained timber float frame AU $1665 (approx US $1190 1015 EUROS 190,000 yen 880 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) ** NOTE this is a large painting and too big to ship outside via Airmail post. If you are outside of Australia extra shipping will need to be

artist: John Johnson (Swedish 1915-1968)

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions: 54 x 91 cm art size / 56 x 93 cm frame size (approx)
signed
circa late 1950s/early 1960s

presented in a new hand stained timber float frame

AU $1665 (approx US $1190 / 1015 EUROS / 190,000 yen / 880 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

** NOTE - this is a large painting and too big to ship outside via Airmail post. If you are outside of Australia extra shipping will need to be added (we estimate the total shipping would be around AU$250)

artist biography
John Gunnar Johnson was born January 13, 1915 in Gustavsberg. He was a Swedish painter and advertising illustrator.

His father Gustaf Hilding Johnson was a ceramicist and porcelain worker. Johnson was educated and employed by renowned Swedish artist and ceramicist Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg porslinsfabrik from 1933 to 1938. He studied at Bror Hjorth and Nils Möllerberg's sculpture and painting school, Otte Sköld's painting school, and s at the Académie Julian in Paris, as well as travelling again to Paris a number of times for private study tours. He participated in the National Museum's (in Stockholm) exhibition Unga tecknare in 1949 and in exhibitions with Konstfrämjandet in Stockholm. 

Johnson is best known for his figurative works, landscapes, still lives, animal paintings from Furuvik Zoo and underwater scenes. He is represented in the collections of the City of Stockholm. He often signed his paintings with Havs / Haavs Johnson.

He passed away on February 25, 1968 at the age of 53 in Hägersten.