Boston Athenaeum
10 1/2 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Boston, MA 02108
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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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Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsChannel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM)
3900 Bluefin Circle
Oxnard, CA 93035Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Farnsworth Art Museum
16 Museum Street
Box 466
Rockland, ME 04841-0466Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Minnesota Marine Art Museum
800 Riverview Drive
Winona, MN 55987Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8
Madrid, SpainMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970Penobscot Marine Museum
2 Church Street
PO Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196