John Carleton Wiggins (1848–1932): A Visionary Interpreter of Biblical Narrative John Carleton Wiggins was a prolific American artist whose distinctive style—characterized by meticulous detail and expressive tonal modulation—established him as one of the foremost interpreters of Old Testament themes in late nineteenth-century art. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1848, Wiggins’s artistic journey began modestly but swiftly ascended to prominence thanks to his unwavering dedication to capturing the spiritual essence of biblical stories through masterful technique and profound emotional resonance…