Francis Owen Salisbury was an English artist who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. In his heyday he made a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and was known as Britains Painter Laureate. His art was steadfastly conservative and he was a vitriolic critic of Modern Art160 particularly of his contemporaries Picasso, Chagall and Mondrian. His father, Henry Salisbury, described himself as a plumber, decorator and ironmonger , yet his son Frank would become one of the greatest society artists of his generation.
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