Philippe Solari

Born into a relatively poor family with six sisters, Philippe Solari was educated at the boarding school of Notre-Dame, where he got to know Émile Zola.

After winning the Prix Granet in Aix, he attended the Academy of Charles Suisse in Paris.

This artist's studio, situated on the quai des Orfèvres on the Île de la Cité, also counted Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne among its students.

The painter Achille Emperaire, trained at the same academy, commented, "Everybody had support, only poor Solari was forced to worry about his next crust.

"[5] When his sculpture of Johan Barthold Jongkind was unveiled in the Cemetery of Montmartre in 1904, Solari preferred not to step forward to be acknowledged.

The painter Joseph Ravaisou commented, "The year that is ending has seen two artists pass away who, despite having very different fortunes in life, were both singled out by a detachment from worldly matters and the same propensity for pure naive emotion.