Solon helped build the second White Cloud Schoolhouse
Gutzon Tells him he should be an artist
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Studied under Louis Rebisso, Cincinnati Art School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Won scholarship to study in France
Studied under Emmanuel Fremiet, Académie Julian, Paris, France Married Emma Vignal (died 1934)
Visited Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Won silver and bronze medals, Paris Exposition, Paris, France
Won silver medal, Pan-American Exposition, World's Fair, Buffalo, N.Y.
Solons wife and two kids come to America from France
Made the sculpture The Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance
Solons Oldest Daughter Died
Won gold medal, St. Louis Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.
Moved to Connecticut Founded school of arts in Silvermine community, New Canaan, Conn.
Founded with fellow artists the Silvermine Group of Artists (originally called the "Knockers")
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Traveled to Europe with the Young Men's Christian Association Director, Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine
Awarded Croix de Guerre for his work with the Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine, during World War I Appointed head, Department of Sculpture, Educational Corps, American Expeditionary Forces Art Training Center, Bellevue, France
Founded School of American Sculpture, New York, N.Y.
