1. Raymond Jonson, was an American-born Modernist painter known for his paintings of the American Southwest.
14 Facts About Raymond Jonson
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Raymond Jonson established the Atalaya Art School, teaching art classes, and founded the Transcendental Painting Group in 1938.
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Raymond Jonson established the Jonson Gallery at the University of New Mexico in 1950.
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Raymond Jonson Johnson was born in Chariton, Iowa in 1891, one of six children of Reverend Gustav Johnson and Josephine Abrahamson Johnson.
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At twenty, Raymond Jonson attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
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In 1913, Raymond Jonson was strongly affected by the avant-garde works displayed in the Armory Show, particularly the works of Wassily Kandinsky.
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Raymond Jonson taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts until 1920.
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In 1922 Raymond Jonson helped found the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists.
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In 1922, Raymond Jonson's life was changed when he visited New Mexico for the first time.
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The experiences and sights of this short visit to Santa Fe, convinced Raymond Jonson to move to New Mexico in 1924 to focus on painting among the southwestern landscapes.
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In 1934, Raymond Jonson began teaching art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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In 1938, Raymond Jonson co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bisttram.
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The Raymond Jonson Gallery was established at the University of New Mexico in 1950.
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Raymond Jonson retired from the University of New Mexico in 1954, but continued to mentor students there, including painter William Conger.