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== 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]]|accessdate=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|last=|first=|date=|website=Artline.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|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&dq|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Heller|first=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=1135638896|location=|pages=}}</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)|last=|first=|date=1960|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>
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]]|accessdate=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|last=|first=|date=|website=Artline.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|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&dq|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Heller|first=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=1135638896|location=|pages=}}</ref> Between 1940–1943, 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)|last=|first=|date=1960|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-30}}</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" />
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" />

Revision as of 11:01, 30 December 2017

Ynez Johnston
Born (1920-05-12) May 12, 1920 (age 104)
Berkeley, California
Other namesYnez Johnston Berry
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Years active1943–1991
Known forPainting

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

Biography

Johnston was born on May 12, 1920 in Berkeley, California.[5] She attended University of California, Berkeley to study with Worth Ryder[6] and received her bachelor of fine arts in 1941 and her masters of fine arts in 1947.[7] Between 1940–1943, Johnston lived in Mexico after receiving a grant from UC Berkeley, this cultivated an appreciation for travel throughout her life.[5]

In 1960 she married novelist and poet, John Berry.[8]

Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980.[7] 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).[7]

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Her work is featured in various permanent collections including, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)[1], the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[9] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[10] Art Institute of Chicago,[11] Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[12] Spencer Museum of Art,[13] National Gallery of Art,[14] Fullerton College,[15] and others.

Awards

"Ship and Storm" (1949), etchings

Johnston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy.[7][16] In 1955–1956 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant for painting and printmaking.[7] Johnston was awarded the National Endowment for the Art (NEA) grant in 1976 and 1986.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Artists, Ynez Johnston". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 9 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ Pagel, David (1994-04-28). "Art Reviews : Ynez Johnston's Mythical Flights of Fancy". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Wyszpolski, Bondo (August 30, 2017). "Astrid Francis at "Resin" in Hermosa Beach". Easy Reader News. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980. Berlin: Getty Publications. 2011. pp. 28–31. ISBN 1606060724. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b "Ynez Johnston's Lively and Evocative Compositions". National Museum of Women in the Arts. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Ynez Johnston Bio". Artline.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ 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 1135638896.
  8. ^ "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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Ynez Johnson, Collection". The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Museum). Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Ynez Johnston Collection". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Johnston, Ynez". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "Ynez Johnston, LACMA Collections". Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "Collection, Ynez Johnston". Spencer Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ "Artist Info". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ "Voyage of the Mandarins by Ynez Johnston, Permanent Collection". Fullerton College Art Department. Retrieved 2017-12-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. ^ "Ynez Johnston Fellow: Awarded 1952 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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