Roger Capron [SEP] country of citizenship
Roger Capron
Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. He died on November 8, 2006 leaving behind a considerable body of work that is recognized worldwide.
In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as 'l`Atelier Callis', contributing to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris.
In 1952, Roger Capron purchased an abandoned
time he revoked his American citizenship in order to swear an oath to the crown of England.
In 1823, Capron passed through the area then known as The Forks of the Grand River where he met a man named William Holme. At this time, most of the land which now makes up Paris belonged to Holme; the region was mostly undeveloped, but included a small plaster mill which likely indicated to Capron the area's economic value. While the two men conducted no business on this occasion, Capron was eventually able