Head in Red

Lester Johnson was an American painter and draughtsman whose gestural, figurative work emerged in the postwar New York art scene. Working primarily in oil and charcoal, Johnson developed a distinctive approach to the human form, employing loose, energetic mark-making and a muted palette to capture psychological states rather than descriptive likeness. His paintings and drawings engaged with existential themes central to mid-century abstraction while maintaining figurative grounding.

Minneapolis, MN, USA