Robert Salmon was born in Whitehaven, a port situated on the northwest coast of England. Although his artistic beginnings are unknown, his career can be divided into two periods. Between 1800 and 1828 he lived in England and Scotland, and his work faithfully recorded the environs of Liverpool and Greenock. Salmon's style at this time reflected the...

John Sartain (October 24, 1808 - October 25, 1897) was an artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States.[1] Biography John Sartain was born in London, England on October 24, 1808. He learned line engraving, and produced several of the plates in William Young Ottley's Early Florentine School (1826). In 1828, he began to do...

Morton Livingston Schamberg (October 15, 1881 - October 13, 1918) was an American painter and photographer. He was one of the first American artists to explore the aesthetic qualities of industrial subjects.[1] Schamberg is considered a pioneer of the Precisionism art movement, and one of the first American adopters of Cubist...