Christopher Johnstone (1) (1947–)

This is a collection of landscape paintings by Christopher Johnston, an art historian who has also held senior posts in several notable art galleries, includes 73 different artists which are arranged in the book geographically from North to South New Zealand. The time period covered ranges from the mid-nineteenth century to 2005, and the paintings include watercolours, acrylics and oils.

The list of artists includes: John Gully, Alfred Sharp, Helen Brown, William Hodgkins, Don Binny, Charles Bloomfield, Peter Siddle, Robin White, Grahame Sydney, Rita Angus, Eric Lee-Johnson, Toss Wollaston, Christopher Perkins, Peter McIntyre, Colin McCahon, Frances Hodgkins, and many more.

A beautifully designed and produced book, each landscape is allocated a full page, with on the facing page a few very readable biographical notes about the artist and his/her work. Also included with the introduction is a map showing the location of the views depicted. In total there are 103 paintings, all reproduced in full colour.

With a fascinating and diverse range of paintings and distinctly high quality production it all adds up to a very handsome and quite substantial volume.… (meer)