William H. Johnson

William H. Johnson was a painter from South Carolina. He was born in 1901 in Florence, S.C. I discovered his life and work at the Greenville County Museum of Art. His paintings of farm life for African Americans in S.C. during the pre-Civil Rights Movement days and windows into the life and hearts of the characters in my story. It was a serendipity for me to find him.

You can find out about William H. Johnson by clicking on his name above. You can also visit the excellent Smithsonian Institute American Art website and type in his name - http://www.americanart.si.edu