Edmond Charles YON

Edmond Charles Joseph YON (1836-1907)

Parisian landscape painter, watercolorist, engraver and illustrator.

He specialized in rivers views.

Edmond Yon was the pupil of Pouget and Lequien. He exhibited at the "Salon" from 1865. He obtained several awards and a golden medal on 1889 at the World Fair. He was also the author of numerous wood engravings for illustrations. He was promoted chevalier of Legion of Honour on 1886.

Some of his paintings can be seen in numerous French museums