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'''Frances Ynez Johnston''' (May 12, 1920 – 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-10|title=Sonoma Valley Museum of Art unveils 2 new shows|url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/sonoma-valley-museum-of-art-unveils-2-new-shows/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Sonoma Index-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator.<ref name="Museum of Modern Art - Ynez Johnston, American, born 1920">{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/2929|title=Artists, Ynez Johnston|publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA)|access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Her artwork is [[Modernism|modernist]] and abstract with a narrative of imaginative lands or creatures, and often featuring collage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-28/entertainment/ca-51246_1_ynez-johnston-s-mythical|title=Art Reviews : Ynez Johnston's Mythical Flights of Fancy|last=Pagel|first=David|date=1994-04-28|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Johnston was based in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easyreadernews.com/astrid-francis-resin-hermosa-beach/|title=Astrid Francis at "Resin" in Hermosa Beach|last=Wyszpolski|first=Bondo|date=August 30, 2017|website=Easy Reader News|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubF1JKDMbnEC|title=Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980|publisher=Getty Publications|year=2011|isbn=978-1606060728|location=Berlin|pages=28–31}}</ref>
'''Frances Ynez Johnston''' (May 12, 1920 – 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-10|title=Sonoma Valley Museum of Art unveils 2 new shows|url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/sonoma-valley-museum-of-art-unveils-2-new-shows/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Sonoma Index-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator.<ref name="Museum of Modern Art - Ynez Johnston, American, born 1920">{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/2929|title=Artists, Ynez Johnston|publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA)|access-date=2017-03-09}}</ref> Her artwork is [[Modernism|modernist]] and abstract with a narrative of imaginative lands or creatures, and often featuring collage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-28/entertainment/ca-51246_1_ynez-johnston-s-mythical|title=Art Reviews : Ynez Johnston's Mythical Flights of Fancy|last=Pagel|first=David|date=1994-04-28|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Johnston was based in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easyreadernews.com/astrid-francis-resin-hermosa-beach/|title=Astrid Francis at "Resin" in Hermosa Beach|last=Wyszpolski|first=Bondo|date=August 30, 2017|website=Easy Reader News|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubF1JKDMbnEC|title=Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980|publisher=Getty Publications|year=2011|isbn=978-1606060728|location=Berlin|pages=28–31}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Johnston was born on May 12, 1920, in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]].<ref name="National Museum of Women in the Arts - August 24, 2011 - Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions">{{cite web|url=https://nmwa.org/blog/2011/08/24/ynez-johnstons-lively-and-evocative-compositions/|title=Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions|date=24 August 2011|publisher=[[National Museum of Women in the Arts]]|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> She attended [[University of California, Berkeley]] to study with [[Worth Ryder]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artline.com/artists/dealers_artists/index.php?artist=johnston-ynez#biography|title=Ynez Johnston Bio|website=Artline.com|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> and received her [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|bachelor of fine arts]] in 1941 and her [[Master of Fine Arts|masters of fine arts]] in 1947.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1135638894}}</ref> Between 1940 and 1943, Johnston lived in [[Mexico]] after receiving a grant from UC Berkeley, this cultivated an appreciation for travel throughout her life.<ref name="National Museum of Women in the Arts - August 24, 2011 - Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions" />
Johnston was born on May 12, 1920, in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]].<ref name="National Museum of Women in the Arts - August 24, 2011 - Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions">{{cite web|url=https://nmwa.org/blog/2011/08/24/ynez-johnstons-lively-and-evocative-compositions/|title=Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions|date=24 August 2011|publisher=[[National Museum of Women in the Arts]]|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref> She attended [[University of California, Berkeley]] to study with [[Worth Ryder]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artline.com/artists/dealers_artists/index.php?artist=johnston-ynez#biography|title=Ynez Johnston Bio|website=Artline.com|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> and received her [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|bachelor of fine arts]] in 1941 and her [[Master of Fine Arts|masters of fine arts]] in 1947.<ref name="google">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1135638894}}</ref> Between 1940 and 1943, Johnston lived in [[Mexico]] after receiving a grant from UC Berkeley, this cultivated an appreciation for travel throughout her life.<ref name="National Museum of Women in the Arts - August 24, 2011 - Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions" />


In 1960 she married novelist and poet, John Berry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/ynez-johnston-letter-to-james-and-barbara-byrnes-7278|title=Ynez Johnston letter to James and Barbara Byrnes, ca. 1960, from the James Byrnes papers, [ca.1940 -2000], (bulk 1960-1990)|date=1960|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> In the years following she produced prints through [[Tamarind Institute|Tamarind Lithography Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adams|first=Clinton|date=1997|title=East Coast, West Coast Tamarind Lithography Workshop and the American Print Establishment|journal=Print Quarterly|volume=14|issue=3|pages=252–283|jstor=41825049|issn=0265-8305}}</ref>
In 1960 she married novelist and poet, John Berry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/ynez-johnston-letter-to-james-and-barbara-byrnes-7278|title=Ynez Johnston letter to James and Barbara Byrnes, ca. 1960, from the James Byrnes papers, [ca.1940 -2000], (bulk 1960-1990)|date=1960|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> In the years following she produced prints through [[Tamarind Institute|Tamarind Lithography Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adams|first=Clinton|date=1997|title=East Coast, West Coast Tamarind Lithography Workshop and the American Print Establishment|journal=Print Quarterly|volume=14|issue=3|pages=252–283|jstor=41825049|issn=0265-8305}}</ref>


Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980.<ref name=":0" /> She began at University of California, Berkeley (1950–1951) and then continued her teaching career at [[Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center|Colorado Springs Fine Art Center]] (1954–1955), [[Chouinard Art Institute]] (1956), California State College (1966–1967, 1969, 1973), the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|University of Jerusalem]] (1967), and [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design]] (1978–1980).<ref name=":0" /> Her work is featured in various permanent collections including the [[Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)]],<ref name="Museum of Modern Art - Ynez Johnston, American, born 1920" /> the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search|title=Ynez Johnson, Collection|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Museum)|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ynez-johnston-2489|title=Ynez Johnston Collection|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Art Institute of Chicago]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Johnston,+Ynez|title=Johnston, Ynez|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art|Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/167682|title=Ynez Johnston, LACMA Collections|website=Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Spencer Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&siteId=1&module=artist&objectId=17835&viewType=detailView&lang=en&actionListenerClassName=ch.zetcom.mp.presentation.tapestry.util.customCode.ActivateDetailTabPos2ActionListener|title=Collection, Ynez Johnston|website=Spencer Museum of Art|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[National Gallery of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/Collection/artist-info.4465.html|title=Artist Info|website=National Gallery of Art|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> [[Fullerton College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://art.fullcoll.edu/event_permanentcollection_albumitem.php?albumitemid=364|title=Voyage of the Mandarins by Ynez Johnston, Permanent Collection|website=Fullerton College Art Department|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[McNay Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desert of the Lions|url=https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/7730/desert-of-the-lions|access-date=2021-07-02|website=McNay Art Museum|language=en}}</ref> the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Ancient Temple|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/13751/view|access-date=2021-07-02|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Other World|url=http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/75348/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection|language=en}}</ref> and others. She died in 2019.<ref>[https://lewallengalleries.com/artist-biography.php?artistId=358253&artist=Ynez%20Johnston%20(1920-2019) Lewallen Galleries: Ynez Johnston (1920–2019)]</ref>
Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980.<ref name="google"/> She began at University of California, Berkeley (1950–1951) and then continued her teaching career at [[Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center|Colorado Springs Fine Art Center]] (1954–1955), [[Chouinard Art Institute]] (1956), California State College (1966–1967, 1969, 1973), the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|University of Jerusalem]] (1967), and [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design]] (1978–1980).<ref name="google"/> Her work is featured in various permanent collections including the [[Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)]],<ref name="Museum of Modern Art - Ynez Johnston, American, born 1920" /> the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search|title=Ynez Johnson, Collection|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Museum)|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ynez-johnston-2489|title=Ynez Johnston Collection|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Art Institute of Chicago]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Johnston,+Ynez|title=Johnston, Ynez|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art|Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/167682|title=Ynez Johnston, LACMA Collections|website=Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[Spencer Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.spencerart.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&siteId=1&module=artist&objectId=17835&viewType=detailView&lang=en&actionListenerClassName=ch.zetcom.mp.presentation.tapestry.util.customCode.ActivateDetailTabPos2ActionListener|title=Collection, Ynez Johnston|website=Spencer Museum of Art|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[National Gallery of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/Collection/artist-info.4465.html|title=Artist Info|website=National Gallery of Art|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> [[Fullerton College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://art.fullcoll.edu/event_permanentcollection_albumitem.php?albumitemid=364|title=Voyage of the Mandarins by Ynez Johnston, Permanent Collection|website=Fullerton College Art Department|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> the [[McNay Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desert of the Lions|url=https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/7730/desert-of-the-lions|access-date=2021-07-02|website=McNay Art Museum|language=en}}</ref> the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Ancient Temple|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/13751/view|access-date=2021-07-02|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Other World|url=http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/75348/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection|language=en}}</ref> and others. She died in 2019.<ref name="lewallengalleries">{{cite web|url=https://lewallengalleries.com/artist-biography.php?artistId=358253&artist=Ynez%20Johnston%20(1920–2019)|title=Ynez Johnston (1920-2019) - Artist Biography|website=Lewallen Galleries|access-date=2021-11-23}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Johnston was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Guggenheim Fellowship - Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/ynez-johnston/|title=Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada|work=[[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]]|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> In 1955–1956 she was awarded the [[The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation|Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation]] grant for painting and printmaking.<ref name=":0" /> Johnston was awarded the [[National Endowment for the Arts|National Endowment for the Art (NEA)]] grant in 1976 and 1986.<ref name=":0" />
Johnston was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy.<ref name="google"/><ref name="Guggenheim Fellowship - Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/ynez-johnston/|title=Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada|work=[[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]]|access-date=2017-12-27}}</ref> In 1955–1956 she was awarded the [[The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation|Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation]] grant for painting and printmaking.<ref name="google"/> Johnston was awarded the [[National Endowment for the Arts|National Endowment for the Art (NEA)]] grant in 1976 and 1986.<ref name="google"/>



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Ynez Johnston
Ynez Johnston
Born
Frances Ynez Johnston

(1920-05-12)May 12, 1920
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Died2019(2019-00-00) (aged 98–99)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Years active1943–1991
Known forPainting
SpouseJohn Berry

Frances Ynez Johnston (May 12, 1920 – 2019)[1] was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator.[2] Her artwork is modernist and abstract with a narrative of imaginative lands or creatures, and often featuring collage.[3] Johnston was based in Los Angeles.[4][5]

Biography

Johnston was born on May 12, 1920, in Berkeley, California.[6] She attended University of California, Berkeley to study with Worth Ryder[7] and received her bachelor of fine arts in 1941 and her masters of fine arts in 1947.[8] Between 1940 and 1943, Johnston lived in Mexico after receiving a grant from UC Berkeley, this cultivated an appreciation for travel throughout her life.[6]

In 1960 she married novelist and poet, John Berry.[9] In the years following she produced prints through Tamarind Lithography Workshop.[10]

Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980.[8] She began at University of California, Berkeley (1950–1951) and then continued her teaching career at Colorado Springs Fine Art Center (1954–1955), Chouinard Art Institute (1956), California State College (1966–1967, 1969, 1973), the University of Jerusalem (1967), and Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design (1978–1980).[8] Her work is featured in various permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[2] the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[11] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[12] the Art Institute of Chicago,[13] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[14] the Spencer Museum of Art,[15] the National Gallery of Art,[16] Fullerton College,[17] the McNay Art Museum,[18] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[19] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[20] and others. She died in 2019.[21]

Awards

Johnston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy.[8][22] In 1955–1956 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant for painting and printmaking.[8] Johnston was awarded the National Endowment for the Art (NEA) grant in 1976 and 1986.[8]

  • Works by Ynez Johnston
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    Untitled (plate)
  • "Ship and Storm" (1949), etching
    "Ship and Storm" (1949), etching

References

  1. ^ "Sonoma Valley Museum of Art unveils 2 new shows". Sonoma Index-Tribune. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ a b "Artists, Ynez Johnston". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. ^ Pagel, David (1994-04-28). "Art Reviews : Ynez Johnston's Mythical Flights of Fancy". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  4. ^ Wyszpolski, Bondo (August 30, 2017). "Astrid Francis at "Resin" in Hermosa Beach". Easy Reader News. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  5. ^ Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980. Berlin: Getty Publications. 2011. pp. 28–31. ISBN 978-1606060728.
  6. ^ a b "Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions". National Museum of Women in the Arts. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  7. ^ "Ynez Johnston Bio". Artline.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135638894.
  9. ^ "Ynez Johnston letter to James and Barbara Byrnes, ca. 1960, from the James Byrnes papers, [ca.1940 -2000], (bulk 1960-1990)". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. 1960. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  10. ^ Adams, Clinton (1997). "East Coast, West Coast Tamarind Lithography Workshop and the American Print Establishment". Print Quarterly. 14 (3): 252–283. ISSN 0265-8305. JSTOR 41825049.
  11. ^ "Ynez Johnson, Collection". The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Museum). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  12. ^ "Ynez Johnston Collection". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  13. ^ "Johnston, Ynez". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  14. ^ "Ynez Johnston, LACMA Collections". Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  15. ^ "Collection, Ynez Johnston". Spencer Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  16. ^ "Artist Info". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  17. ^ "Voyage of the Mandarins by Ynez Johnston, Permanent Collection". Fullerton College Art Department. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  18. ^ "Desert of the Lions". McNay Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  19. ^ "Exchange: Ancient Temple". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  20. ^ "The Other World". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  21. ^ "Ynez Johnston (1920-2019) - Artist Biography". Lewallen Galleries. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  22. ^ "Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

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