Camille Solon Drawings Collection, 1900-1952 (bulk 1910-1913; 1950-1952)

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Camille Solon Drawings Collection, 1900-1952 (bulk 1910-1913; 1950-1952)

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This collection contains approximately 225 landscape sketches by English muralist and ceramist Camille Solon. Items in the collection include re-worked pencil sketches of rural locations and landscapes in Britain and northern California, where he lived most of his adult years. Despite his extensive work at San Simeon, this collection contains only one pencil sketch from the Hearst estate. A few watercolors and some conté crayon sketches with ink are also included in the collection. Donated in 2001.

6 boxes.

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Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6661487

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Solon, Camille Antoine Arnoux, 1877-1960

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Muralist and ceramist Camille Solon was born March 27, 1877, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. In 1914 he emigrated to California to work with his brother on a ceramic therapy program. In 1915 they exhibited their ceramic works at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Camille was retained by Julia Morgan to design the mosaics of blue-and-gold Venetian glass tile used in the Roman Pool at Hearst Castle. He also did other decorative detail work on the estate. ...