Hannah’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bed Rug
Hannah Johnson (American, 1770–1848) Possibly Bozrah, New London County, Connecticut, United States

Fruit Piece
Hannah Brown Skeele (American, 1829–1901)

Of Delicate Things
Hannah Höch German, 1889–1978

Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)

Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)

Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan
Joshua Johnson (American, c. 1763–after 1825)

La Walse, from Le Bon Genre
Unkown French Artist published by Hannah Humphrey (English, died 1818 or 1822)

York Harbor, Coast of Maine
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)

Jitterbugs II
William H. Johnson American, 1901-1970

Head of a Black Woman
Sargent Claude Johnson (American, 1888–1967)

Untitled (John-John and Bobby)
Larry Johnson American, born 1959

Self-Portrait
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)

Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr.
Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827)

Armchair
J. S. Ford, Johnson and Company (American, 1872–early 20th century) Chicago

Our House, from the series "Chickenbones and Watermelon Seeds: The African American Experience as Abstract Art"
Rashid Johnson American, born 1977

Jonathan's Hands
Rashid Johnson American, born 1977

Proposed William Granger Ryan Fine Arts Center
Philip Johnson American, 1906-2005

Michael
Rashid Johnson American, born 1977

Drag—Johnson and Mao
Jim Dine American, born 1935