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Heather Johnson

Heather Johnson is a Sydney art historian, who has written two works on the artist Roy de Maistre and a book on The Sydney Art Patronage System 1890-1940 (1997).

Heather Johnson reviews 'A Small Unsigned Painting' by Stephen Scheding

June 1998, no. 201 01 June 1998
This book, a tale of Stephen Scheding’s search for the artist of ‘a small unsigned painting’ he was unable to resist buying at an art auction, has already been warmly reviewed by others as an excellent read, a sleuth story that captures the frustrations and joys of research while holding its reader in a state of suspense worthy of the best whodunnit. I heartily agree and warmly recommend the ... (read more)

Heather Johnson reviews 'The Critic as Advocate: Selected essays 1941–1988' by Bernard Smith

November 1989, no. 116 01 November 1989
In his 1980 bibliography of Bernard Smith’s published works, Australian Art and Architecture (1980), Tony Bradley lists, exclusive of books, well over 200 articles, book reviews, and other miscellaneous items. Allowing for articles written after 1980 and four previously unpublished, The Critic as Advocate contains sixty works from Bradley’s list. Previous collections of Smith’s essays, The A ... (read more)