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1775 Whitehaven, England - 1844. Known for: Harbor, ship and coastal view painting.
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, Robert Salmon became a marine painter inspired from living in port towns of Maryport and Whitehaven and being around ships and the sea. He also spent much... Read full biography
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, Robert Salmon became a marine painter inspired from living in port towns of Maryport and Whitehaven and being around ships and the sea. He also spent much time in Liverpool and in the ship-building town of Greenock on the west coast of Scotland. In 1828, for... Read full biography
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, Robert Salmon became a marine painter inspired from living in port towns of Maryport and Whitehaven and being around ships and the sea. He also spent much time in Liverpool and in the ship-building town of Greenock on the west coast of Scotland. In 1828, for unknown reasons, he came to America on the packet ship, "New York" and for thirteen years maintained a studio on Marine Railway Wharf at the bottom of Hanover Street. An eccentric, he lived in a... Read full biography
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, Robert Salmon became a marine painter inspired from living in port towns of Maryport and Whitehaven and being around ships and the sea. He also spent much time in Liverpool and in the ship-building town of Greenock on the west coast of Scotland. In 1828, for unknown reasons, he came to America on the packet ship, "New York" and for thirteen years maintained a studio on Marine Railway Wharf at the bottom of Hanover Street. An eccentric, he lived in a small hut among the wharves of the Boston Harbor. He was enormously popular, and his work reflecting the years when the Harbor was booming with growth, was highly sought after by collectors including prominent Bostonians Samuel Cabot, Robert Forbes, and... Read full biography
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, Robert Salmon became a marine painter inspired from living in port towns of Maryport and Whitehaven and being around ships and the sea. He also spent much time in Liverpool and in the ship-building town of Greenock on the west coast of Scotland. In 1828, for unknown reasons, he came to America on the packet ship, "New York" and for thirteen years maintained a studio on Marine Railway Wharf at the bottom of Hanover Street. An eccentric, he lived in a small hut among the wharves of the Boston Harbor. He was enormously popular, and his work reflecting the years when the Harbor was booming with growth, was highly sought after by collectors including prominent Bostonians Samuel Cabot, Robert Forbes, and J.P. Cushing. His paintings of that period number between three and four hundred and reflect 17th Century Dutch genre painting, peopled... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •American Flag Images
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birdseye Town, Early Settlement View
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Ship Portraits and Other Sea Vessels
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Venice, Italy
- •Virginia Before 1900
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts