Robert Salmon
1775-1844 American painter of English origin. Having trained and painted in England and Scotland, he moved to Boston in 1828, painting in a 'little hut' near the wharves of South Boston. Reportedly an eccentric, he became a successful painter of marine views, adopting a range of different scales, including small wooden panels, larger canvases and theatre backdrops. Moonlight Coastal Scene (1836; St Louis, MO, A. Mus.) is typical of his works on panel, and it demonstrates his use of light to silhouette form. There are no extant examples of the panoramic views done as backdrops; his canvases such as Wharves of Boston (1829; Boston, MA, Old State House) and View of Charlestown (1833; Annapolis, MD, US Naval Acad. Mus.) are full of carefully delineated figures, minute and accurate details of the ships and their rigging, and, most importantly, large expanses of sky dominated by strong light. Salmon's portrayal of light-filled water and sky, increasingly luminous in the late 1830s and early 1840s, has caused him to be considered by some as the father of LUMINISM (i). He used a low viewpoint and contrasted a distant shoreline and small-scale figures in the foreground in a manner that prefigured the work of Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade, both of whom were influenced by Salmon's manipulation of scale, light and subject-matter. It appears that he returned to England before his death.

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Robert Salmon Boston Harbor as seen from Constitution Wharf oil painting


Boston Harbor as seen from Constitution Wharf
1829
Painting ID::  4409
Robert Salmon
Boston Harbor as seen from Constitution Wharf
1829
   
   
     

Robert Salmon The Boston Harbor from Constitution Wharf oil painting


The Boston Harbor from Constitution Wharf
mk77 1833 Oil on canvas 26 3/4x40 3/4in
Painting ID::  32011
Robert Salmon
The Boston Harbor from Constitution Wharf
mk77 1833 Oil on canvas 26 3/4x40 3/4in
   
   
     

Robert Salmon Bild der Vergnugungsyacht Traum oil painting


Bild der Vergnugungsyacht Traum
mk181 1839 Ol auf Holz 42x62.5cm
Painting ID::  45344
Robert Salmon
Bild der Vergnugungsyacht Traum
mk181 1839 Ol auf Holz 42x62.5cm
   
   
     

Robert Salmon Curious Rocks, Coast of Scotland oil painting


Curious Rocks, Coast of Scotland
ca. 1828(1828) Oil on panel 25.6 x 38.6 cm (10.08 x 15.2 in)
Painting ID::  70999
Robert Salmon
Curious Rocks, Coast of Scotland
ca. 1828(1828) Oil on panel 25.6 x 38.6 cm (10.08 x 15.2 in)
   
   
     

Robert Salmon Curious Rocks Coast of Scotland oil painting


Curious Rocks Coast of Scotland
Date ca. 1828(1828) Medium Oil on panel Dimensions 25.6 X 38.6 cm (10.08 X 15.2 in) cyf
Painting ID::  72112
Robert Salmon
Curious Rocks Coast of Scotland
Date ca. 1828(1828) Medium Oil on panel Dimensions 25.6 X 38.6 cm (10.08 X 15.2 in) cyf
   
   
     

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     1775-1844 American painter of English origin. Having trained and painted in England and Scotland, he moved to Boston in 1828, painting in a 'little hut' near the wharves of South Boston. Reportedly an eccentric, he became a successful painter of marine views, adopting a range of different scales, including small wooden panels, larger canvases and theatre backdrops. Moonlight Coastal Scene (1836; St Louis, MO, A. Mus.) is typical of his works on panel, and it demonstrates his use of light to silhouette form. There are no extant examples of the panoramic views done as backdrops; his canvases such as Wharves of Boston (1829; Boston, MA, Old State House) and View of Charlestown (1833; Annapolis, MD, US Naval Acad. Mus.) are full of carefully delineated figures, minute and accurate details of the ships and their rigging, and, most importantly, large expanses of sky dominated by strong light. Salmon's portrayal of light-filled water and sky, increasingly luminous in the late 1830s and early 1840s, has caused him to be considered by some as the father of LUMINISM (i). He used a low viewpoint and contrasted a distant shoreline and small-scale figures in the foreground in a manner that prefigured the work of Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade, both of whom were influenced by Salmon's manipulation of scale, light and subject-matter. It appears that he returned to England before his death.

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