Leon Victor Solon: Color, Ceramics and Architecture

Title

Subject

The designer, Leon Victor Solon, and his color theory.

Description

A discussion of Leon Solon's interest in color and color theory utilizing his textile, bookbinding, ceramics, tile, and architectural designs.

Creator

Michael W. Padwee (1942-

Source

"Tiles in New York" blog, http://tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com

Publisher

"Tiles in New York" blog

Date

August 2013

Rights

Files

Leon Victor Solon- Color, Ceramics and Architecture.pdf

Tags

2 Park Avenue, 610 Fifth Avenue, 620 Fifth Avenue, 636 Fifth Avenue, AET, AET Co, American Encaustic Tile Co, American Encaustic Tiling Company, Angloia, architectural ceramics, Architectural Polychromy, Armistead Fitzhugh, Arthur Crisp, Atlantic Terra Cotta, Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, Aztec Ballet, Bagguley, Blaszczyk, Bookplate Society, Booktryst, Carlos Chavez, E. Stanley Wires, Eliel Saarinen, Ely Jacques Kahn, Empire State Dairy, Eugene Schoen, Exhibition of Contemporary American Design, Jennewein, John Gregory, John W. Root, John Wadsworth, Joseph Urban, Julian Clarence Levi, Lawrie, Lazo, Leon Solon, Louis Arnoux, Marc Louis Solon, Minton, Mintons, Mosaic Tile Company, National Terra Cotta Society, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, posters, Ralph T. Walker, Raymond Hood, Robertson Art Tile Works, Rockefeller Center, Secessionist, secessionist ware, Sutherland binding, Sutherland decoration, The Architect and the Industrial Arts, The Story of Mankind, the textile blog, U.S. Quarry Tile Company, UK Potheads, Victorian Web, Wadsworth, Wardle, Zona Gale

Citation

Michael W. Padwee (1942-, “Leon Victor Solon: Color, Ceramics and Architecture,” Tile Research Articles, accessed April 25, 2025, https://tileresearcharticles.omeka.net/items/show/35.