Grace Mott Johnson (1882–1967) was an American sculptor known primarily for her renditions of animals. After a home education she studied at the Art Students' League and exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. She was married to the painter Andrew Dasburg, and the couple were parts of the artistic communities of Paris, New York, and New Mexico. Early life Johnson was born July 28, 1882 in New York City to Laura Mott Riverdale and Alfred Van Cleve Johnson, a Presbyterian minister. Her grandfather was the classical scholar Ebenezer Alfred Johnson. Her mother died two years after she was born, so she and her seven siblings were raised by her father. Her early years were spent being home-schooled on a farm in Yonkers, New York. She began drawing when she was four years old, and when the family moved to a farm in 1900 she enjoyed sketching horses and other farm animals. At the age of 22, she left home to study at the Art Students' League with sculptors Gutzon Borglum and James Earle Fraser, and also attended Birge Harrison's painting class in Woodstock. Throughout her career she would sculpt animals from memory, as she was adamant that animals could not be sketched. She would often attend circuses and farms for inspiration. In fact, for many summers she followed traveling circuses to observe the animals. Career In 1909, Johnson and painter Andrew Dasburg went to Paris and joined the modernist circle of artists living there, including Morgan Russell, Jo Davidson, and Arthur Lee. During a trip to London that same year they were married. Johnson returned to the United States early the next year, but Dasburg stayed in Paris where he met Henri Matisse, Gertrude Stein and Leo Stein, and became influenced by the paintings of Cézanne and Cubism. He returned to Woodstock, New York in August and he and Johnson became active members of the artist community. In 1911, their son Alfred was born. Both Dasburg and Johnson showed several works at the legendary Armory Show in 1913. After several years of exhibiting single pieces, her first general exhibition was in 1917 at the studio of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. She also had joint exhibitions at the Whitney Studio Club, co-exhibiting with Florence Lucius (1919) and Lila Wheelock (1923). Dasburg and Johnson lived apart for most of their marriage. By 1917, they had separated and Dasburg began teaching painting in Woodstock