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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