John Christen Johansen

John Christen Johansen (25 November 1876 – 23 May 1964) was a Danish-American portraitist. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Background

Johansen was born in Copenhagen and came to America as an infant. He studied in Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck and later at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago official U.S. Department of Justice portrait of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson (which later became the basis of the official U.S. Supreme Court portrait of Justice Robert H. Jackson), official Vermont State House portrait of Governor Percival Clement, two works in the United States Capitol, and works in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, National Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Richmond Art Museum.

Awards Young Fortnightly prize, Chicago (1903) Honorable mention, Arts Club of Chicago (1903) Medal of honor, Chicago Society of Artists (1904) Bronze medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis (1904) Gold medal, Grand Prix Exposition, Buenos Aires (1910)