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1911 Rosedale, Indiana - 1997. Known for: Landscape, seascape, commercial art.
An Indiana artist who specialized in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes, Denzil "Salty" Seamon showed a natural aptitude for drawing at an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by... Read full biography
An Indiana artist who specialized in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes, Denzil "Salty" Seamon showed a natural aptitude for drawing at an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his family. Mainly self-taught, Seamon took a home-study art course after winning a poster contest in... Read full biography
An Indiana artist who specialized in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes, Denzil "Salty" Seamon showed a natural aptitude for drawing at an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his family. Mainly self-taught, Seamon took a home-study art course after winning a poster contest in the seventh grade. After graduating from high school in 1929, he worked at the Paramount Studios in Minneapolis, where he briefly took private art lessons under Gene Hundermark and Walter J.... Read full biography
An Indiana artist who specialized in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes, Denzil "Salty" Seamon showed a natural aptitude for drawing at an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his family. Mainly self-taught, Seamon took a home-study art course after winning a poster contest in the seventh grade. After graduating from high school in 1929, he worked at the Paramount Studios in Minneapolis, where he briefly took private art lessons under Gene Hundermark and Walter J. Wilwerding. When the Depression hit in 1931 he returned to Terre Haute and began work at Thomas-Symon, a company that manufactured posters. Seamon served as Art Director at Thomas-Symon for over thirty years. He exhibited frequently including painting... Read full biography
An Indiana artist who specialized in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes, Denzil "Salty" Seamon showed a natural aptitude for drawing at an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his family. Mainly self-taught, Seamon took a home-study art course after winning a poster contest in the seventh grade. After graduating from high school in 1929, he worked at the Paramount Studios in Minneapolis, where he briefly took private art lessons under Gene Hundermark and Walter J. Wilwerding. When the Depression hit in 1931 he returned to Terre Haute and began work at Thomas-Symon, a company that manufactured posters. Seamon served as Art Director at Thomas-Symon for over thirty years. He exhibited frequently including painting regional landscapes, and scenes from his travels including Mexico, New Mexico and Maine. He was a member and past president of the Brown County Art Ga... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Brown County, Indiana
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Monhegan Island, Maine
Art Association
- •Hoosier Salon
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Seascape Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Watercolor Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-