Malcolm Charles Salaman (6 September 1855 – 22 January 1940) was an

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author, journalist and critic. He was born and died in

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Life

He was educated at

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and at

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. Although he had studied

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for four years, he became a journalist, and edited two weekly papers. His critical writing was devoted chiefly to

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and to

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. From 1883 to 1894 he was dramatic and art critic for the ''

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'', and from 1890 to 1899 was on the staff of ''

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''. He wrote regularly on prints for the art magazines '' The Studio'' and ''

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''. Salaman also wrote the introductions to the 33 volume series ''Modern Masters of Etching'' published between 1925 and 1932 by ''The Studio'', each of which contained reproductions of 12 prints by a great etcher. This series included volumes on

Frank Brangwyn Sir Frank William Brangwyn (12 May 1867 – 11 June 1956) was a Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. Brangwyn was an artistic jack-of-all-trades. As well as paintings and drawings, he produced des ...

Alphonse Legros Alphonse Legros (8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later took British citizenship. He was important as a teacher in the British etching re ...

, Ernest Stephen Lumsden,

Malcolm Osborne Malcolm Osborne (1 August 1880 – 22 September 1963) was a British original printmaker known for his intaglio prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits. Chronology *1 August 1880 born at Frome, Somerset, the fourth son of Alfred Ar ...

and

Edmund Blampied Edmund Blampied (30 March 1886 – 26 August 1966) was one of the most eminent artists to come from the Channel Islands, yet he received no formal training in art until he was 15 years old. He was noted mostly for his etchings and drypo ...

. He married Annie Sarah Isaac in 1914. They had no children.Anonymous (1940) Obituary. Mr. M.C. Salaman. Connoisseur and Art Critic. ''

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'', 24 January 1940, p. 9.

Works

Among his numerous writings are: * ''Ivan's Love Quest and Other Poems'' (1879) * ''Woman through a Man's Eyeglass'' (1892) * ''The Old Engravers of England'' (1906) * ''Old English Color Prints'' (1909) * ''Old English Mezzotints'' (1910) * ''Modern Etchings (British)'' (1912) * ''French Colour-Prints of the Eighteenth Century'' (1913) Salaman edited the plays of Sir A. W. Pinero (1891–1900) and himself wrote several plays.

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Malcolm Charles Salaman
English male journalists English art critics Writers from London 1855 births 1940 deaths {{England-writer-stub