The Industrial Impressionist Born in 1920 in Newbottle, near Sunderland, Rodney Johnson developed an eye for the structural rhythms of a changing Britain. His early training at Sunderland College of Art and King's College, Newcastle, provided a foundation for a career spent observing the intersection of man-made giants and the natural elements. During his years in London between 1950 and 1960, he secured a permit from the Port of Londo…