Click image to enlarge

Frank (Franz) Johnston
1888 - 1949



	Wilds of Algonquin historical canadian 1932 Code E 14 x 18 (in) oil on panel

Price Codes

Currency: Canadian Dollars

Code A

Below $1,000

Code B

$1,000 - $2,500

Code C

$2,500 - $5,000

Code D

$5,000 - $10,000

Code E

$10,000 - $20,000

Code F

$20,000 - $30,000

Code G

$30,000 - $50,000

Code H

$50,000 - $75,000

Code I

$75,000 - $999,999

Add to your profile and receive first notice when new works come available.

The Prices paid for all sold works are confidential. For Priceing details please call us at (250) 537-2421.

"In Johnston one can almost see the sound swelling into the vastness of infinity. The small panel is no restriction to the eye and one stands among the stars of timeless space. Dancing formless light, subaqueous in feeling, ephemeral as Aurora Borealis. It holds one motionless in moving space." Frank (Franz) Johnston was born in Toronto and like many other Group members, he joined Grip Ltd. as a commercial artist. In 1910, he left for the United States where he studied art in Philadelphia and worked in commercial design in New York. Although an original member of the Group, Johnston's association was a brief one. He did exhibit in the exhibition of 1920, but by 1921 he had left Toronto to become Principal at the Winnipeg School of Art. In the earlier years of their friendship, Johnston had joined MacDonald and Harris on their journeys to Algoma. His paintings from those years express a strong decorative interpretation of the landscape. In later years, the artist's style became more realistic and revealed a strong fascination with the qualities of light. In 1927, Johnston changed his name to the more exotic title of `Franz' Johnston, and found some success in commercial art galleries, where he was free from association with any formal group of artists.

If you would like additional photos/information or to purchase this item, sell work by this artist or have a question please fill out this form: