Background
She was the daughter of Major General William Salmond and wife of Sir Matthew Smith. Salmond was the daughter of Major General William Salmond and Lady Emma Mary H. Hoyle Salmond.
She was the daughter of Major General William Salmond and wife of Sir Matthew Smith. Salmond was the daughter of Major General William Salmond and Lady Emma Mary H. Hoyle Salmond.
Salmond studied at Slade School of Artist Her friends there included Gwen John and Ursula Tyrwitt. Other students in the class of 1895, aside from Salmond and John, were Ida Nettleship and Edna Waugh.
She went to Paris in the winter of 1898-1899 with Nettleship and John to further their education.
They studied at the Academie Carmen, where James Abbott McNeill Whistler taught and Salmond paid John"s fees.
While there, the women made paintings of each other and self-portraits. Gwen John painted Nettleship and Salmond in Interior with Figures, which has been said to be "symbolic of modern Parisian life." Brian Louis Pearce and Nettleship lived in a flat on Rue Froidveau.
Augustus John, Gwen John"s brother, said that these women were the "stars of his generation.".
Her siblings were Emma, Gladys, Geoffrey, and John. Her considerable skills as a draughtswoman made her much in demand as a teacher of drawing.