Tom Loftin Johnson (artist)

Tom Loftin Johnson
Tom Loftin Johnson in 1938
Born	(1900-10-05)October 5, 1900 Denver, Colorado, US
Died	June 25, 1963(1963-06-25) (aged 62) New York City, US[a]
Education	École des Beaux-Arts Yale School of Art
Occupation(s)	Artist, Educator
Employer	West Point
Known for	Panorama of Military History at West Point American Pieta at the Carnegie Museum of Art Murals at Fort Niagara State Park
Title	Major

Major Tom Loftin Johnson (October 5, 1900 – June 25, 1963) was an American painter and an art teacher at West Point. He created public murals – the largest of which was 70 feet (21 m) long. His American Pietà painting, which won $1,000 in the 1941 Carnegie International contest, was intended to highlight the race problem in the United States. A Pietà is meant to show the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Jesus. In Johnson's American Pietà, the black mother holds her lynched son whilst others hide his tortured body.
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