Walker, John A. (John Albert), 1938-

found: View gallery, viewed online February 2, 2015:(John A. Walker; b. 1938, Lincolnshire; trained as a painter in a University art department in Newcastle upon Tyne from 1956 to 1961. On graduation he moved to London and worked in the Civil Service, public and art libraries, and for many years wrote art criticism for a range of art magazines and taught art history in a number of British art schools. Before he retired in 1999, he was Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University. John Walker has written 15 books and over 100 periodical articles about Van Gogh, John Latham, the fine arts and mass media, and visual representations of fire fighters. In 2005 he resumed painting after a gap of two decades) - http://www.viewgallery.co.uk/artist.php?art1=79

found: Manchester University Press webpage for title Visual Culture, viewed February 2, 2015:(John A. Walker is Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University) - http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719050206