Tom Loftin Johnson (artist)
Tom Loftin Johnson | |
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Tom Loftin Johnson in 1938 | |
| Born | October 5, 1900 Denver, Colorado, US |
| Died | June 25, 1963 (aged 62) New York City, US |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts Yale School of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Educator |
| Employer | West Point |
| Known for | Panorama of Military History at West Point American Pieta at the Carnegie Museum of Art Murals at Fort Niagara State Park |
| Title | Major |
Major Tom Loftin Johnson (October 5, 1900 – June 25, 1963) was an American painter and an art teacher at West Point. He created public murals – the largest of which was 70 feet (21 m) long. His American Pietà painting, which won $1,000 in the 1941 Carnegie International contest, was intended to highlight the race problem in the United States. A Pietà is meant to show the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Jesus. In Johnson's American Pietà, the black mother holds her lynched son whilst others hide his tortured body.