In which field of the arts is Edwin Boyd Johnson best recognised?

Edwin Boyd Johnson (November 4, 1904 – 1968) was an American painter, designer, muralist and photographer, and he was born in Watertown, Tennessee.

Not long thereafter, the family moved to Nashville, TN, where he attended grade and high school. After graduating, he enrolled in the 'School of the Art Institute of Chicago' (1925-1930) . He also studied at the 'National Academy of Design' in New York City. The 'Bryan Lathrop Foreign Traveling Scholarship' of $1500 (1931) enabled him to study fresco painting at the 'Kunstgewerbeschule' in Vienna, the 'Atelier de Fresque' of Paris, and the 'Ecole Egyptienne des Beaux Arts in Alexandria', Egypt.

While Johnson painted in both water colours and oils, he is best known for his murals, which were funded by the 'WPA Federal Art Project' (Works Progress Administration - part of the 'New Deal' program). These include the recently restored "Airmail," in the Melrose Park Library (Chicago - 1937).

After World War II, he took up residence in Mexico City, where he turned his artistic focus to photography until his death in 1968.