Eric Johansson (painter)
Eric Johansson (born April 29, 1896 in Dresden , † June 4, 1979 in Täby near Stockholm ) was a German-Swedish painter and graphic artist .
Eric Johansson grew up with foster parents in Dresden and studied from 1912 to 1919 at the Dresden Art Academy with Otto Gussmann , Robert Sterl , Oskar Zwintscher , Carl Bantzer and Ludwig von Hofmann . He was friends with the painter Otto Griebel and was involved in revolutionary circles. He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and from 1924 belonged to the communist artists' association " Rote Gruppe ". In the same year , Johansson and Otto Nagel accompanied the first German art exhibition in the Soviet Union for the International Workers' Aid (IAH) , which was shown in Moscow, Leningrad and Saratov. In Moscow Johansson also met the young Hồ Chí Minh , whom he portrayed there. In 1925 Johansson resigned from the KPD. During the Great Depression, he was less active as an artist than in his foster father's civil engineering company.
After the takeover by the Nazis Johansson had increasing political difficulties. In 1933 his pictures were shown in the Dresden exhibition “ Degenerate Art ”. He was sentenced to a short prison term and then managed to escape to Sweden in 1938. After 1945 he ran a chemical laboratory in Täby near Stockholm.
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| SURNAME | Johansson, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swedish painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1979 |
| Place of death | Täby near Stockholm |