Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
1888 - 1949
ARCA CSPWC G7 OSA
Frank Johnston was born in 1888 in Toronto, and studied at the Ontario College of Art under William Cruikshank and G.A. Reid. In 1911, he began working at the commercial art firm Grip Ltd. in Toronto, which proved to be an influential meeting place for the future of Canadian art, as the firm employed five of the seven artists who would form the iconic Group of Seven - Johnston, J.E.H. Macdonald, Frederick Varley, Arthur Lismer and Franklin Carmichael. Although in close contact with his colleagues, Johnston strongly remained an individual, a trait that he would exhibit throughout his career.

Beginning in 1912, Johnston spent three years in the United States, studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and working at Carleton Studios in New York before returning to Toronto in 1915. In 1918, Johnston was commissioned to document the Royal Flying Corps at their training camps in Ontario, as part of the Canadian War Memorials during World War I. In fall of that same year, Johnston joined fellow Group members Lawren Harris and Macdonald in the first boxcar expedition up the Algoma Central Railway in northern Ontario. He joined Group members on two more Algoma sketching trips in 1919 and 1920. The Group of Seven held their first official show in 1920 at The Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario. At this pivotal exhibition, Johnston exhibited and sold more paintings than any other Group member.

In December of 1920, Johnston held an independent exhibition at The Fine Art Galleries, T. Eaton Co. Ltd. in Toronto. In 1921, he moved to Manitoba to accept the position of Principal of the Winnipeg School of Art and began a gradual departure from the Group, and transformed his style to a more realistic one. Johnston returned to Toronto in 1924 to teach at the Ontario College of Art, and then officially resigned from the Group. Johnston claimed there were no problems between him and the other members, but that he simply preferred to follow his own path. During this process, he changed his first name to Franz. As well as painting in oil, Johnston was known for his accomplished use of the medium of tempera. His work proved to be popular with the public, and at a time when many Canadian artists stuggled to support themselves through their art, Johnston attained substantial financial success.

Johnston developed larger narrative paintings in the 1930s and 1940s, in addition to his more intimate examinations of landscape. During this time his subjects ranged from the pastoral countryside of Ontario to northern Quebec and the Northwest Territories. Johnston continued to paint until passing away on July 9, 1949 in Toronto.
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Autumn Tangle by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $292,500
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Autumn Tangle
24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in, 61.3 x 51.1 cm
circa 1921
huile sur toile
Estimation : 30 000 $ - 50 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 292 500 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2010 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 25 novembre 2010
Float Plane Coming in for a Landing by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $277,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Float Plane Coming in for a Landing
30 x 40 in, 76.2 x 101.6 cm
tempera sur carton
Estimation : 70 000 $ - 90 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 277 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian Impressionist & Modern Art, jeudi, 23 novembre 2023
Pine Point, Lake of the Woods by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $193,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Pine Point, Lake of the Woods
32 1/4 x 40 1/4 in, 81.9 x 102.2 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 100 000 $ - 150 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 193 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian Impressionist & Modern Art, mercredi, 20 novembre 2024
Great Bear Lake by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $181,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Great Bear Lake
30 x 36 in, 76.2 x 91.4 cm
circa 1939
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 30 000 $ - 50 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 181 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, mercredi, 01 décembre 2021
Midsummer - A Northern Lake by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $172,500
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Midsummer - A Northern Lake
40 1/4 x 32 1/4 in, 102.2 x 81.9 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 90 000 $ - 120 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 172 500 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2003, jeudi, 15 mai 2003
Autumn Landscape by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $157,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Autumn Landscape
48 1/4 x 54 1/8 in, 122.6 x 137.5 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 100 000 $ - 150 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 157 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, jeudi, 22 mai 2025
Snowed In by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $128,700
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Snowed In
30 x 40 in, 76.2 x 101.6 cm
tempera sur panneau
Estimation : 60 000 $ - 80 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 128 700 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2012 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 22 novembre 2012
Eldorado Radium Mine from No. 2 Shaft, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $109,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Eldorado Radium Mine from No. 2 Shaft, Great Bear Lake, N.W.T.
24 3/4 x 29 3/4 in, 62.9 x 75.6 cm
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 109 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, jeudi, 22 mai 2025
October Snow by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $103,250
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
October Snow
25 x 30 in, 63.5 x 76.2 cm
huile sur panneau recto verso
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 103 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Works by the Group of Seven & Their Contemporaries, jeudi, 25 avril 2024
Six O'Clock by Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston vendu pour $100,300
Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
Six O'Clock
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in, 26.7 x 34.3 cm
circa 1923
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 100 300 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
May 2014 - 4th Session, samedi, 31 mai 2014