Charles Howard Johnson
| Charles Howard Johnson | |
|---|---|
 Illustration for either Life or Truth Magazine | |
| Born |
Charles Howard Johnson 1868 Kansas City?, Missouri? |
| Died |
July 3, 1896 New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Illustration |
Charles Howard Johnson (1868 - July 3, 1896) was a nineteenth-century American illustrator and newspaper artist. He is best known for his sparse illustrations of the 1890 U.S. edition of The princess by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Very little is known of Johnson's life. He was reportedly born in Kansas City, and came to New York City in about 1889 after studying art for a year in Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked for a number of magazines including Life, Truth, Munsey's Magazine, and on some of the daily newspapers. He illustrated over ten books.
He was particularly effective in decorative work, often making the pictures fantastical.
He was engaged to be married to the actress Elita Proctor Otis, before he died at his apartment in the Union Square Hotel of brain fever on July 3, 1896, after an illness of ten days. His wife had died two years earlier, with whom he had a daughter
References
- Johnson's obituary in the New York Times
External links
- Works by Charles Howard Johnson at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles Howard Johnson at Internet Archive
- Charles Howard Johnson at AskArt.com
- Page on Johnson