Chronology

 28 November 1854 Alfred William Finch is born in Brussels, Belgium

1883 Becomes a founding member of Les XX

early 1890s  Switches careers from painting to pottery

1897 Invited by count Louis Sparre to move to Porvoo, Finland, to head the Iris ceramics factory, and influence the development of the local Jugendstil

28 April 1930 Dies in Helsinki