Adriaen van Salm

Shipping on a Stormy Sea by Adriaen van Salm, pencil and grisaille on oak panel

Adam, Abraham, or Adriaen van Salm, also van (der) Salm (c.1660–1720), was a Dutch draftsman and painter. He produced primarily marine art. These were done in pen with India ink applied to a cloth or a pre-processed panel.

Adriaen van Salm was born in Delfshaven. He was the father of Roelof van Salm and in 1706 he was listed as a draughtsman member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft. The Dordrechts Museum mentions further that he was also a schoolmaster and later a draper. Salm was the father and teacher of the artist Roelof van Salm, who wielded the same technique as well as his father and especially scenes of ships and naval battles.^[1] When Abraham Jacob van der Aa was writing, he saw a painting by this artist in the collection of the marine painter Johannes Christiaan Schotel.^[2]

References

1. "Adriaen van Salm (Dutch)". Retrieved 2013-04-29. in the RKD
2. A. Salm in Van der Aa

• 16 Paintings by Adriaen van Salm at the Art UK site
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