Johannes August Johnson

JOHNSON, Johannes August Born 1892 Herro Norway, Worked from 1912 USA. Pupil of Pederson in Clearbrook, Minnesota from c.1912. Worked there independently c.1925. Employed as a repairer by Roy Olsen, finally settled in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Fine copies of a Stradivari 1712 violin; about 20 completed. Golden red and red-brown varnish.