Robert Salmon

1775–1845 · Romanticism

Robert Salmon was a maritime artist, active in both England and America. Salmon completed nearly 1,000 paintings, all save one of maritime scenes or seascapes. He is widely considered the Father of American Luminism.

16 paintings

• Rocks at Nahant, Swallow's Cove (1839)
• Ship Aground (1827)
• South Sea Whale Fishing I (1831)
• The British Fleet Forming a Line off Algiers (1829)
• South Sea Whale Fishing II (1831)
• Storm at Sea (1840)
• Rainsford's Island, Boston Harbor (1840)
• The New Ship "Duncan" (1832)
• Shore and Figures (1832)
• Ship in Storm (1828)
• Boston Harbor (1843)
• The Ship "Favorite" Maneuvering Off Greenock (1819)
• View of Greenock, Scotland (1816)
• View of Venice (1845)
• Picture of the 'Dream' Pleasure Yacht (1839)
• View of Palermo (1845)