William (Bill) Arthur Salmon Australia, 1928-2018
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About William Salmon
Born in Geelong, Victoria in 1928, Bill Salmon studied at the Swinburne Technical College from 1946 to 1949, the George Bell School in Melbourne in 1968 and the Royal Melbourne Institute of technology where he studied industrial design in 1969. He also studied at the Slade School, London, and the Academia di Belle Arti, Florence. He taught art at the Adelaide School of Arts and Crafts from 1953 to 1958 and the East Sydney Technical College from 1958 to 1964. A painter of figurative landscapes in oil, acrylic and watercolour, he held regular exhibitions from 1961.
In our database, 35 works by Bill Salmon are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1975, of which 23 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,200 for Blue Leaves, Saplings sold by Leonard Joel in August 1995. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Bill Salmon are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and Queensland Art Gallery.
William Salmon is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 855
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 597
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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