Going+to+Church

Date: ca. 1940-1941
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1967/1967.59.1003_1a.jpg?itok=w3cgrtjm width="361" height="305" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/going-to-church-11718"]] || Title: **Going to Church**

Artist: **William H. Johnson** Born: Florence, South Carolina 1901 Died: Central Islip, New York 1970

Medium: oil on burlap Dimensions: 38 1/8 x 45 3/8 in. (96.8 x 115.4 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Harmon Foundation

Accession: 1967.59.1003 || William H. Johnson painted rural scenes inspired in part by his memories of growing up in South Carolina. A family of four ride on an oxcart toward a distant hill, where three crosses mark their physical destination as well as their spiritual home on Calvary. The flat composition, comprised of clashing hues arranged in stripes and color blocks, recalls the story quilts made of scraps pieced together by African American women.
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