Francis Morton Johnson (Massachusetts / France, 1878 - 1931) Oil on canvas painting of rooftops in winter. Signed lower right. Francis Morton Johnson was born in Boston, and as a young man he left for Paris to pursue his artistic education. He studied at the Academy Julian and exhibited at the Galerie Georges Petit and Salon de Artistes François with other fellow artists Louis Rittman, Richard Miller, Preston Dickenson, Aston Knight. In the United States Johnson exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The artist was also known for inventing a device for registering the human voice on motion picture films in 1919. Sight size: 21 x 14.5 in. Overall Size: 24.5 x 17.75 in. Framed behind glass.