Emile Frédéric Salmon, 1840-1913
Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 15 June 1840
Place of Birth: Paris
Place of Death: Forges-les-Eaux
Identity:
Emile Frédéric Salmon was a sculptor and print-maker. He was the son of the painter Théodore Frédéric Salmon and the father of the poet and art critic André Salmon.
Life:
Salmon studied under Barye, Hédouin and Gaucherel. He made his début at the Salon in 1859. As a sculptor he produced small bronzes of animals, but abandoned this for etching. He collaborated on an illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's works. In 1886 he printed a set of JW's Venice etchings. These are now in the National Gallery of Scotland.
In 1898 he made a number of engravings of drawings and watercolours in St Petersburg where he was then resident. He notably made an engraving after Rembrandt's Sacrifice of Abraham in the Hermitage.
Bibliography:
Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice, Aldershot and California, 2001.