Robert Salmon (1775c.1845) was a maritime artist active in both England and America. Salmon completed nearly 1000 paintings all save one of maritime scenes or seascapes. He is widely considered the Father of American Luminism. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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