Family Child
Léon-Victor Solon
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q6755318 · wikidata
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Marc-Louis Solon
1835-01-01 – 1913-06-23
Life & Legacy
Marc-Louis-Emmanuel Solon (1835 – 23 June 1913), pseudonym Miles, was a French porcelain artist. After beginning his career at the Sèvres Pottery, he moved to Stoke-on-Trent in 1870 to work at Mintons Ltd, where he became the leading exponent of the technique of ceramic decoration called pâte-sur-pâte. His work commanded high prices in the late Victorian period.
Solon was born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne. After moving to England at the time of the Franco-Prussian War he lived there for the rest of his life.
Occupation & Career
ceramicist, engraver, etcher, teacher, artist
Education
Beaux-Arts de Paris
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres · Mintons
Organizations & Memberships
Société du Jing-lar
Education & Institutions
Beaux-Arts de Paris
Verified Legacy Record
Family Child
Camille Solon
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q6755318 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q6755318 — wikidata View source
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