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patrick e. johnson
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patrick e. johnson

Born 1939 Died 2023

A Life Forged in the Dojo: The Legacy of Patrick E. Johnson Patrick E. Johnson, born December 31, 1939, in Niagara Falls, New York, and passing November 5, 2023, was far more than a martial artist; he was a pivotal architect of action cinema as we know it, a dedicated instructor, and a preserver of the American Tang Soo Do tradition. His journey began not on a film set but in the rigorous discipline of the dojo, while serving as a chaplain in South Korea with the U.S. Army in 1963. Under the tutelage of Kang Lo Hee, Johnson swiftly ascended through the ranks, achieving his first black belt w…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of patrick e. johnson's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.