George Sheldon Johnsen

Who is George Sheldon Johnsen?

George Sheldon Johnsen was an American artist and author.

Johnsen was a native of New York City, and worked as a commercial and newspaper artist for many New York publications prior to World War II. He entered the US Navy in 1940, and spent his enlistment working as a lithographer. He studied drawing with George Bridgman and William Charles McNulty at the Art Students League of New York, and painting at Williamson Teachers College under the tutelage of Jack Perlmutter. He exhibited widely in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Johnsen cited Franz Kline and Mark Rothko as influences, and explained that he was "probing outer space with the mind" in his poetry and painting.

Johnsen wrote one book, Tis The Season, which was published by Vintage Press, Inc. in 2001.