J M Balliol Salmon

J M Balliol Salmon (1868 – 1953) was a British artist particularly noted for his illustrations and his work in pencil, chalk and pastels.

J M Balliol Salmon
Born1868
Died1953 (aged 84–85)
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forWatercolourist, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator

Biography

Balliol Salmon was a pupil of Fred Brown at the Westminster School and continued his training at the Academie Julian in Paris. He lived in Glasgow and London.[1]

He pursued a career as teacher and illustrator , notably for The Graphic. Simon Houfe wrote in his Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists (1978) that Balliol Salmon was one of the best artists of his time at using pencil, chalk and pastels.[1]

Balliol Salmon was chosen by art instructor Percy V. Bradshaw as one of the artists to illustrate "The Art of the Illustrator", the seminal collection of twenty portfolios demonstrating six stages of a single painting or drawing by twenty different artists and published in 1918. [2]

Selected illustrations

Book illustrations for the series of books by Angela Brazil
  • The Jolliest Term on Record
  • A Popular Schoolgirl
  • A Patriotic Schoolgirl
  • The Madcap Of The School

References
  1. Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators Volume 2 Abbo-Lamp. Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 978 0 19 992305 2.
  2. Title: BALLIOL SALMON AND HIS WORK - THE ART OF THE... Publisher: Press Art School, London Publication Date: 1920
  3. Kendall, Lee. "A Pen to Sink a Thousand Ships". Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  4. "Bonhams : J.M Balliol Salmon (British, 1868-1953) Portrait of Joan Bright". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
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