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Jasper Wilson Johns' grave in Brookwood Cemetery. Jasper Wilson Johns (1824 – 26 July 1891) [1] was a civil engineer, merchant, railway promoter and Liberal Party politician. Johns was the son of Thomas Evans Johns of Cardiganshire and his wife Elizabeth Tudor Avis. Johns became a civil engineer and practiced until 1854.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. American painter (born 1930) For the Welsh Liberal politician, see Jasper Wilson Johns. For the English soccer player, see Jasper Johns (footballer). For the non-fiction book by Michael Crichton, see Jasper Johns (book). Jasper Johns Johns receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in ...
Flag is an encaustic painting by the American artist Jasper Johns. It was created in 1954-1955, when Johns was 24, two years after he was discharged from the U.S. Army. This painting was the first of many works that Johns made, as he said, that were inspired by a dream of the U.S. flag in 1954. It is one of the paintings for which Johns is best ...
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The painting was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Johns continued to make map paintings through the 1960s, including gray versions in 1962 and 1963, a white map in 1965, and a mural 33 feet (10 m) wide and 15 feet (4.6 m) high for Expo 67 in Montreal.
Jasper Wilson may refer to: Jasper Wilson (basketball) (born 1947), American former professional basketball player Jasper Wilson (politician) (1819–1896), Baptist preacher and representative from Bulloch County in the Georgia Legislature from 1881–1885
Slice is a 2020 oil painting by the American artist Jasper Johns.. The work is a horizontal, mostly black oil painting that contains references to two outside sources: an anatomical diagram of a knee drawn by a Cameroonian emigre student Jéan-Marc Togodgue; and a map of the distribution of galaxies in a slice of the universe by Valérie de Lapparent, Margaret Geller, and John Huchra with ...
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($154 million in 2023 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...