R . S . J O H N S O N F I N E A R T
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R. Stanley Johnson
R. Stanley Johnson has
published over one hundred scholarly catalogues, ranging from Old Master prints
and drawings to the art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and covering
artists from Dürer, Rembrandt, Piranesi and Goya to Cassatt, Villon, Czobel,
Gromaire, Barnabè, Matisse, Léger and Picasso. He also has lectured in museums
across America. His recent writings include essays on “Andrea Mantegna” and
“Reflections on Collecting”, both published by the Bibliothèque Nationale in
Paris in Nouvelles de l’Estampe. His book Cubism & La Section d’Or:Reflections
on the Development of the
Cubist Epoch 1907-1922, now an essential reference on the subject, was first
published in 1991. Goya: Los Caprichos appeared in 1992, Mary Cassatt in 1997,
while his study on Italian artist Duilio Barnabè (1914-1961) appeared in 2003.
His most recent book, Pablo Picasso: Works on Paper was published in 2004.
The author spent fourteen years of post-graduate study in Europe. These included
two years of classical languages and philosophy at the universities of Vienna
and Perugia, as well as art history for nearly a decade under the tutelage of
the late Prof. André Chastel at the Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie at the
Sorbonne. In honor of his many cultural achievements, in 1983 the Minister of
Culture of France decorated the author as an Officier des Arts et des Lettres.
Educational Background
B. Sc. from Northwestern Universtiy
1 year of study at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
1 1/2 years at the University of Vienna (diploma in Ancient Greek, art history studies with professors Swoboda and Demos)
1 year at the University of Perugia (art history, Italian literature)
9 years at the Sorbonne in Paris (Institute of Art and Archaeology with Prof. André Chastel and also studies in philosophy with Jean Wahl, Jean-Paul Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Gabriel Marcel).
Languages
Fluency in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish; reading in Greek and Latin.
Publications
1. Over 100 scholarly catalogues under the following headings (see lists attached):
a. Old Master Prints and Drawings.
b. Major art historical movements: (e.g. 19th Century French Prints Drawings and Bronzes, 19th and 20th Century American Printmakers).
c. Artist monographs (e.g. Piranesi, Goya, Cassatt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Villon, Matisse, Gromaire, Metzinger, Picasso, Ensor, Beaudin, DeChirico, Léger, Corinth, Le Corbusier,)
2. Over 50 scholarly articles including: on Mantegna, Claude Gellée Lorrain, Picasso, the Cubist Print, Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints; Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715-1814; The Prints of Edouard Manet; The Prints of Lucas van Leyden and His Contemporaries; Edgar Degas at the Art Institute of Chicago; Picasso (for Compton's Encyclopedia in 1974); From a Mighty Fortress: Prints Drawings and Books from the Age of Luther 1483-1546 (Detroit Institute of Arts). In addition, two articles Mantegna and Reflexions d'un Collectionneur, published in Les Nouvelles de l'Estampe by the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris in 1993 and 1994.
3. Lectures at public institutions including: the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the Dallas Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Memphis Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Milwaukee Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, De Paul University, the Cincinnati Art Museum and at the Alliance Francaise of Chicago.
4. Books published:
Cubism and La Section d'Or, 1991 (distributed by the University of Washington Press). One of ten books nominated by the College Art Association for the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award in 1993 for museum scholarship. Duilio Barnabè (1991 to be distributed by University of Washington Press; Goya: Los Caprichos, 1993 (to be distributed by the University of Washington Press). Duilio Barnabè (160 page hard-cover, April, 2003).
Honors
1. Member of the Appraiser's Association of America.
2. Senior Member of American Society of Appraisers.
3. One of eight elected members in North America of: La Chambre Syndicale de l'Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau, (Paris).
4. In 1983, was decorated as an "Officer of Arts and Letters" (for "the highest cultural achievement") by the French Government (Jack Lang, Minister of Culture of France).