A Life in Portraits: The Ascendancy of Francis Owen Salisbury Francis Owen Salisbury, known to many as “Britain’s Painter Laureate,” was a figure whose career unfolded against the backdrop of shifting artistic tides – a steadfast traditionalist who achieved remarkable success even as modernism challenged established norms. Born in 1874 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, his early life offered little indication of the prominence he would att…