Background
Solon, Leon Victor was born in 1872 in Stoke-on-Treat, England. Son of Louis M. (artist, author, collector) and Laura (Arnoux) S.
Solon, Leon Victor was born in 1872 in Stoke-on-Treat, England. Son of Louis M. (artist, author, collector) and Laura (Arnoux) S.
Educated under tutelage. Studied art Royal College of Art, London (nat. scholarship and Royal Exhibition medalist).
Exhibited Royal Academy, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905. Paris Salon; Arts and Crafts Society. New Gallery; Glasgow International Exhibition.
St. Louis, British Art Section, silver medal, 1905. New Zealand, 1906; Barcelona 1907 International Art Exhibition, Ex. Premiere medaille (gold).
Six paintings purchased for museum — Ave Maris Stella, Le Bain des Nymphes, Queen Elizabeth, At the Fountain, The Mermaids, The Bathers. Bookbindings in Sutherland process purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum and late Queen Victoria. Book illustrations, Heredia’s poems Les Trophees.
Art Workers Guild, London, 1903. Associate Liverpool Academy, 1906.
Member National Sculpture Society (treasurer and.
Married Marjorie Anderson of Dundee, Scotland.