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ID: 500034080
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500034080

 

Record Type: Person
Johnston, George (Canadian sculptor and folk artist, 1899-1963)

Note: Johnston was a famous Barnum and Baily Circus clown, using the stage name "Twitter". As an artist, he was noted for carved dummy-heads used by ventriloquists in carnivals and circuses.

Names:
Johnston, George (preferred,V,index)
George Johnston (V,display)
Twitter (V)

Nationalities:
Canadian (preferred)
Nova Scotian

Roles:
artist (preferred)
clown
folk artist
sculptor

Gender: male

Events:
active:   Nova Scotia (Canada) (province)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Johnston, George (I)

Biographies:
(Canadian sculptor and folk artist, 1899-1963) ..... [VP Preferred]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
George Johnston ........ [VP]
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Johnston, George ........ [VP Preferred]
..................................  Nova Scotia Folk Art: Canada's Cultural Heritage (1989) 37
Twitter ........ [VP]
.................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [VP]
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Nova Scotia Folk Art: Canada's Cultural Heritage (1989) 37
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
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