Jasper Johns Jasper Johns is an American artist who was born in 1930 and is still alive today. He liked to paint “things the mind already knows”. What are some symbols that you recognize? Jasper Johns Jasper Johns is an American artist who was born in 1930 and is still alive today. He liked to paint “things the mind already knows”. What are some symbols that you recognize? Jasper Johns painted thing like: flags, targets, stenciled numbers, and maps of the USA. Jasper Johns Jasper Johns painted thing like: flags, targets, stenciled numbers, and maps of the USA. Jasper Johns Flag, 1954, painting and mixed media Jasper Johns White Flag, 1955, painting and mixed media Jasper Johns Three Flags, 1958, painting and mixed media Three Flags, 1958, painting and mixed media by Jasper Johns Treaty of Hellgate (At the Danforth Museum) Do you remember this painting from your field trip last year? Jasper Johns Three Flags, 1958, painting and mixed media Jasper Johns Three Flags, 1958, painting and mixed media by Jasper Johns