‘The warmth from the radiator is almost palpable ..., contrasting with the snowy city seen through the window. The distinctive blue-tiled tower of the American Furniture Mart identifies the setting as Chicago, where ... Johnson & his wife ... came to attend an exhibition of the artist’s work shortly after they had wed in New York in December 1931. The artist lovingly portrayed his beautiful young wife reading in their hotel room. The warm browns, yellows, & oranges raise the visual temperature, heightened further by hot touches of red in the drapery & in Mrs. Johnson’s lips, cheeks, magazine, & chair. A heavy fur coat laid to dry by the radiator shows that Mrs. Johnson has recently come in to escape the frigid winds from Lake Michigan. ... In 1937 & 1939 Johnson returned to Chicago to fulfill commissions from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for historical murals in the Morgan Park & Oak Park Post Offices.’ https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanartmuseum/3313966973/in/pool-1934/
The #WINTER of 1933-1934 - the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)
‘Chicago Interior’
J. Theodore Johnson (1902-1963). Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum (from the U.S. Department of Labor). 1934.
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