John Salt (b. 1937, Birmingham, England; d. 2021 Shrewsbury, England) is a British artist who earned his M.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art. Salt’s focus is on the rural American landscape, often in various stages of decline. These works have a solemn and haunting quality. He employs a painting technique unique among the Photorealists of spraying the paint through stencils onto the canvas. Salt has exhibited widely since the 1960s and after twenty years in New York City, has returned to England where he currently lives and paints.
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Exhibitions
— John Salt
Previous Exhibitions
Rivaling Reality: 60 Years of Photorealism
at Museum Frieder Burda
28 February — 2 August, 2026
Paper Goods
16 November — 21 December, 2024
Election Reflections
A Celebration of American Culture
10 October — 13 November, 2024
New York is Home
9 November , 2023— 5 January, 2024
Summer Solstice
6 June — 19 July, 2024
John Salt: In Memoriam 1937-2021
11 January — 11 February, 2022
Recent Press
— John Salt
John Salt Obituary
British pioneer of photorealist painting in the US in the 1960s and 70s
The Guardian, 01/05/2022
European Photorealism in New York
European Photorealism in New York
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