Ida A. Johnson
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| birth_name = Ida Anna Johnson
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| birth_place = Nyack, New York, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|03|07|1850|01|13}}
| death_place = Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, US
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| occupation = Watercolorist
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| partner = Josephine M. Culbertson
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Ida A. Johnson (January 13, 1850 – March 8, 1931) was an American painter known for her botanical still lifes and china painting.
Early life and education
Johnson was born on January 13, 1850, in Nyack, New York, to a Quaker pastor. She began her art education at the Parker School in Brooklyn, where she met her long-term partner, Culbertson. She later studied at Arthur Wesley Dow’s Summer School of Art in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Career
= New York =
While in New York, Johnson lectured on ceramics at Adelphi College in Garden City for nearly a decade and served as president of the National Ceramic Society for four years.{{cite web |date= |title=Ida A. Johson |url=https://www.tfaoi.org/cm/10cm/10cm117.pdf |access-date=July 20, 2023 |work=Traditional Fine Arts Organization |place= |pages=457–458 |isbn=}}{{Cite web |title=Ida A Johnson - Biography |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Ida_A_Johnson/113422/Ida_A_Johnson.aspx}}
She and Culbertson founded a studio and salon at 193 St. James Place in Brooklyn. On April 2, 1898, Johnson exhibited the watercolor Songbirds of Our Land while Culbertson presented Twilight Park.{{cite news |date=April 2, 1898 |title=Art and Artists |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-twilight-park/128527401/ |access-date=July 19, 2023 |work=Times Union |place=Brooklyn, New York |page=13}}
=Carmel-by-the-Sea and Gray Gables=
In 1906, Johnson and Culbertson relocated to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where they established their home and studio, Gray Gables.{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Edan Milton |title=Artists in California, 1786-1940 |date=January 1, 1989 |publisher=Hughes Pub Co; Subsequent edition |isbn=978-0961611217 |edition=2nd |location=San Francisco, USA |pages=109}} The space became a gathering place for artists and hosted art shows and meetings of the Carmel Art Association.{{cite web |author=Kent Seavey |date=May 10, 2002 |title=Department Of Parks And Recreation |url=https://ci.carmel.ca.us/sites/main/files/file-attachments/carmel_historic_survey_volume_ii_blocks_70-end_plus_historic_objects__districts.pdf?1510262124 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |publisher=National Park Service}} The Carmel Art Association, founded in 1914, is the second-oldest continuously operating artist cooperative in the nation and the oldest west of the Mississippi.[https://carmelmagazine.com/archive/22fa/95-years-of-art "95 Years of Art: Celebrating an Association that Shaped Carmel"]
Johnson was involved in local organizations, including the Dickens Club{{Cite web |title=HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA |url=https://ci.carmel.ca.us/sites/main/files/file-attachments/final_updated_carmel_historic_context_statement_091208-b.pdf}} and the Carmel Boys' Club, where she taught classes. She also served as Chairwoman and Curator of the Museum of Yesteryear.
Both Johnson and Culbertson were active members of the Carmel Library Association, which commenced operations on October 5, 1905.{{cite web |last1=Library |first1=California State |date=1908 |title=News Notes of California Libraries Volume 3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tA3AQAAIAAJ&q=Johnson |access-date=2023-07-20 |publisher=California State Library |place=}} Johnson served as the library board president and as a librarian.{{Cite web |title=History of the Library |url=https://ci.carmel.ca.us/pod/history-library}}
[https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/keramic-studio Keramic Studio magazine] published several of Johnson's artworks, including California Wild Flowers, Matilija Poppy, and California Poppy,, in their 1912 edition.{{cite news |last1=Leonard |first1=Anna B. |last2=Robineau |first2=Adelaide Alsop |date=1912 |title=Keramic Studio Volume 14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cxg6AQAAMAAJ |access-date=July 20, 2023 |publisher=Keramic Studio Publishing Company |place= |page=13}}
Death
On March 8, 1931, Johnson died in an automotive accident.{{Cite news |title=Obituary 4 -- No Title |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/03/09/102218997.html?pageNumber=19 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.askart.com/artist/Ida_A_Johnson/113422/Ida_A_Johnson.aspx askArt Artist Biography]
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