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SAMUEL FROST JOHNSON (New York, b. 1835)

Revelers Outside Tavern Oil on canvas h. 13 w. 19 in. (canvas) Signed lower left, S. Frost Johnson, in original composition frame overall: 23-1/2 x 29-1/2 in. (frame) Samuel Frost Johnson (born 1835) was active/lived in New York. Samuel Johnson is known for landscape, wildlife, and portrait. A native of New York, Samuel Johnson was a painter in academic style who spent many years studying and exhibiting in Europe including Dusseldorf, Antwerp, and Paris. In the 1870s, he returned to the United States where he became professor of Art and Science at Fordham University and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1869, the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Academy of Art in the 1870s.

SAMUEL FROST JOHNSON (AMERICAN, B.1835-)

Landscape scene. Oil on board. Signed lower left. From a Croton on Hudson, NY collection.

"Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson" London 1835, ten volumes. Condition: good.

"Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson" London 1835, ten volumes. Condition: good.

SAMUEL FROST JOHNSON - Um seinen Vogel trauerndes Mädchen

New York 1835-1879 Unten links signiert "S. Johnson". Öl auf Holz, 24,5 x 18,5 cm

Samuel Frost Johnson, painting

Samuel Frost Johnson (American, b. 1835), "The Little Puppet Maker", c. 1865, oil on panel, signed and inscribed "F. Johnson, Ecouen", lower left, 9.75"h x 7.5"w (sight), gilt frame

Samuel Frost Johnson, (American, b. 1835), At the Stove

Samuel Frost Johnson (American, b. 1835) At the Stove oil on panel signed F. Johnson (lower right) 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

Portrait of President Garfield by Samuel Frost

Portrait of President Garfield by Samuel Frost Johnson (American, b. 1835), oil on canvas, signed within the lower rim of oval portrait, and flanked by a pair of flags with an eagle atop. Relined, some minor inpainting.

A Little Girl Knitting

Samuel Frost Johnson (b. 1835) A Little Girl Knitting signed 'F. Johnson/Ecouen' (lower left) and dated indistinctly (lower left) oil on panel 9½ x 7¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)

A Little Girl Knitting

Samuel Frost Johnson (b. 1835) A Little Girl Knitting signed 'F. Johnson/Ecouen' (lower left) and dated indistinctly (lower left) oil on panel 9½ x 7¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)

Samuel Frost Johnson (American

Samuel Frost Johnson (American, b. 1835), "President James Garfield", oil on canvas, signed and dated "89" lower left, 29 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in., attractively framed.

Samuel Frost Johnson (1835-?)

The Apple Thief signed with initials conjoined and inscribed 'FJohnson/Ecouen' (lower left) oil on canvas 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.) NOTES A native of New York, Samuel Frost Johnson spent years studying and exhibiting abroad, beginning in Dsseldorf and relocating to Antwerp and Paris beginning in 1859. The artist did return to the United States in the 1870s to become professor of Art and Science at Fordham University and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Works by Samuel Frost Johnson have been exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1869, the National Academy of Design of New York in 1870, 1877-81 and the Brooklyn Academy of Art throughout the 1870s.

Samuel Frost Johnson (American, b.1835) An interior scene 16 x 12 1/2in. (40.5 x 31.5cm.)