William McAllister Johnson (1939 – August 23, 2016) was a Canadian scholar who was a specialist of the history of prints and printmaking, especially in 18th century France.
McAllister Johnson was a doctor in 18th and 19th for French Art, he was a professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Art. He authored books and catalogues on art history and many other books, versified prints in 18th century France, and 19th century salon-era prints.
Johnson was a student of Erwin Panofsky at Princeton University, and co-authored a catalogue on Numismatic Propaganda in Renaissance France for the Detroit Institute of Art in 1968. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978.
He was a member of the scientific committee of the French journal Nouvelles de l'estampe.
Books
Estienne Jodelle. Le Recueil des Inscriptions, 1558. A Literary and Iconographical Exegesis (1972), co-authored with Victor E. Graham
La Galerie François Ier au château de Fontainebleau (1972), co-authored
The Paris Entries of Charles IX and Elisabeth of Austria, 1571. With an Analysis of Simon Bouquet's Bref et sommaire recueil (1974), co-authored with Victor E. Graham
The Royal Tour of France by Charles IX and Catherine de' Medici: Festivals and Entries 1564-6 (1979), co-authored with Victor E. Graham
Art History: Its Use and Abuse (1988)
Hugues-Adrien Joly Garde du Cabinet des Estampes du Roy. Lettres à K.-H. von Heinecken, 1772-1789 (1988)
Versified Prints: A Literary and Cultural Phenomenon in 18th-century France (2012)
The Rise and Fall of the Fine Art Print in Eighteenth-Century France (2016)
Exhibition Catalogues
L'École de Fontainebleau (1972); revised as Fontainebleau 1528-1610 (1973), co-authored
French Lithography: The Restoration Salons, 1817-1824 (1976)
French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Engraved Reception Pieces, 1672-1789 (1982)
L'Estampe en France du XVI au XIXe siècle, co-authored with Blandine Bouret and Madeleine Barbin (1987)
Les Peintres du roi. Morceaux de réception à l'Académie royale de peinture, 1648-1793 (2000), commissaire, co-authored
