Jean Johanson

Jean Louise P. Johanson (October 3, 1911 – March 1, 2000) was an American sculptor, mosaic artist, and jewelry designer.

[1] She was a student of sculptor Dudley Pratt, Ruth Penington and Walter Isaacs, and took two summer classes with Alexander Archipenko during his visits to the University of Washington in the 1930s.

She had a solo show at the Seattle Art Museum in 1944 and won numerous gallery awards during her career.

In 1948 she made the sculpture “Spirit of Medicine” in collaboration with Dudley Pratt, which is located at the Health Sciences building on the University of Washington campus.

[1] She produced freestanding works as well, including a bronze fountain installed at Seattle's Westlake Center.