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Joshua Johnson
A Pioneering American Portraitist: The Life and Art of Joshua Johnson Joshua Johnson, often hailed as the first African-American professional artist, remains a figure shrouded in mystery yet undeniably significant in the annals of early American art. Born in 1763, his life story is pieced together from fragments – advertisements, bills of sale, and the portraits themselves, which offer the most compelling evidence of his existence and
talent. Unlike many artists of his time whose biographies are well-documented through academies and patronage networks, Johnson emerged from relative obscurity to establish a thriving portrait practice in Baltimore during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His journey was remarkable not only for its artistic success but also for navigating the complex racial landscape of a nation grappling with slavery and nascent abolitionist sen…