Eastman Johnson 1824-1906 Portait of Clara Hall (The Tea Party) 1873

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