CONTRABANDISTA A LA FRONTERA BY FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON
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Frank Tenney Johnson Contrabandista a la Frontera 1925 Oil on canvas 36 1/8 inches x 45 1/8 inches |
| Contrabandista a la Frontera and Trouble on the Pony Express are unusual in portraying gunfire but representative in showing Johnson's two favorite color schemes. They suggest why his reputation as a pure painter - that is, to adopt the terminology of the times, as an artist rather than an illustrator - was sufficiently elevated to secure his election as an associate in the National Academy of Design in 1929 and as a full member eight years later. |