Marshall Johnson Biography

American. Born May 13, 1850, Boston, Massachusetts. Attended Lowell Institute. At eighteen sailor on Sunbeam, bound for South America. Ship burned at sea; Johnson and 11 others rescued.

Studied art under W.E. Norton. 1887 to Europe to study in Holland, France and England. Upon his return home had studio on India Wharf, Boston.

Died March 21,1921.

Collections: Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

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