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

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

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Approximately 225 sketches by artist Camille Solon, whose work appears throughout the Hearst estate at San Simeon, California. This collection consists primarily of re-worked pencil sketches of rural locations and landscapes in Britain and northern California including his native Stoke-on-Trent, England; Northern Wales; and Marin and Sonoma Counties north of San Francisco. Despite his extensive work at San Simeon, this collection contains only one pencil sketch from the Hearst estate.

6 boxes.

California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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SNAC Resource ID: 7286904

California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951

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William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his ...

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. ...