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Johnson, Frank Tenney
| Last Name: | Johnson |
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| First Name: | Frank Tenney |
| Dates: |
*1874 (Date of Birth)
*1939 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed western migration of people on horseback, in stage coaches, and in covered wagons. At age of 10, he moved with his family to Milwaukee, and he apprenticed there to panorama painter F.W. Heine (1845-1921), whose specialty was painting horses. |
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