Timeline

1912

Born on February 20, 1912 in New York, NY

1927 - 1928

Attended the Art Students League, New York, NY

1931 - 1936

B.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA

1938 - 1939

S. W. Hayter Atelier 17, Paris, France

Independent Study with Francis Picabia, Paris, France

1938

Studied at the Academy Julian, Paris, France

Kingdom of Redonda: Title of Duchess de la Nera Castilla de Redonda bestowed by H. M. the Crown Prince and Pretender to the Throne of Redonda, John Gawsworth, who was crowned King Juan I in 1947.

1940 - 1945

Studied Esoteric Symbolism and Mythology with Natacha Rambova, New York, NY

1946 - 1950

Instructor, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1954

Bollingen Foundation Stipend: Awarded jointly with Dr. Violet S. de Laszlo to collect images of the Great Goddess and Her Sacred Animals for a proposed book of the same working title.

1958

Yaddo Foundation Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fellowships also received in 1959, 1961, 1974, 1979, 1992, 1993)

1964

The Macdowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

1971

Second Prize, Le Salon International de la Femme, Nice, France

1973

Instructor, Aegina Arts Centre, Aegina, Greece

1975

The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY (Art Residency Fellowships awarded also in 1976, 1977, 1978)

1976

International Women’s Year Distinguished Women Artists Award, The Ford Foundation, New York, NY

1982

Johnson’s 1974 Pitthea selected for reproduction as a “Season’s Greetings” card, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1990

The Pollack/Krasner Foundation, Inc.

1993

The Pollack/Krasner Foundation, Inc.

2006

Died on August 11, 2006 in New York, NY

2007

Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in the Arts 2007, Awarded posthumously, College Art Association Committee on Women in the Arts and the Women’s Caucus for Art