Eastman Johnson1824-1906
Portait of Clara Hall(The Tea Party)
1873
Photograph, 1895
Mr. Johnson painted:--Portraits
--Genre (“average” people
doing average things)
--New England
--Ojibwe (Native Americans)
--Slavery
Johnson’s life included• Born in 1824 in Maine• Crayon portraits (self-taught) as a young man
(18 years old)• Studied painting in Germany and Netherlands• Civil War• Victorian Era (Queen Victoria)
PresidentGrover
Cleveland
Feeding theTurkey
(1872-1880)
The New Bonnet (1876)
Cranberry Pickers(1879)
CranberryHarvest(1880)
Ojibwe Wigwam (1857)
A Ride for Freedom (Fugitive Slaves) 1862
37 stars (1867-1877)Not yet states:ColoradoNorth Dakota, South DakotaMontanaWashingtonIdahoWyomingUtahOklahomaNew MexicoArizona (1912)AlaskaHawaii
The United States in 1873
Civil War is overLife is peaceful, happier for many people“Victorian Era”
The Tea Party
Oil on Panel
1873
At the Phoenix Art Museum