William Salmon b. 9 April 1928

Also known as Bill Salmon
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Salmon trained initially in graphic arts at Swinburne Technical College and worked as a designer at Prestige (fabrics) Limited, a sophisticated Victorian textile firm. He later trained in the UK and Italy settling as a figurative landscape painter. He had an extensive teaching career in SA and NSW. Salmon also took up broadcasting after 1963 and produced several films for the ABC.
Tags: landscape painter, graphic artist, textile designer, broadcaster, teacher, art critic, Water Colour
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Name
William Salmon
Also known as Bill Salmon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Tags:
landscape painter
graphic artist
textile designer
broadcaster
teacher
art critic
Water Colour
Birth date
9 April 1928
Birth place
Geelong, Victoria
Death date
27 October 2018
Death place
Dungog, NSW
Residence
  • 1928 - Geelong, Vic.
  • - Melbourne, Vic.
  • - London, England, UK
  • - Florence, Italy
  • 1953 - 1958 Adelaide, SA
  • 1958 - Sydney, NSW
  • - Blackheath, NSW
  • c.1982 - 2018 Dungog, NSW
Training
  • Commercial art and design, - Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, Vic.
  • art, - Slade School of Art, London, England, UK
  • art, - Academia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy

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  • Limited, Prestige [fabrics] (employee of)
  • Smart, Jeffrey (associate of)
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