Isabelle Johnson

[3][4] Her ranch has been converted into Tippet Rise, an outdoor sculpture park and art center.

Afterward she moved back to the Johnson family ranch in Stillwater County Montana, where she began working as one of the first modernist artists in the state.

"[5] Johnson taught at Montana State University Billings, from 1949 to 1961 and served as department head from 1954 to 1961.

Her most famous student, Theodore Waddell, said three weeks after meeting her, "I decided I did not want to be alive and not make art.

The Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, owns 827 Johnson-related works in its permanent collection, the majority of which were donated by Johnson.