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Large original watercolor framed and matted under glass. Size framed 29 x 23 Picture size 22 x 16. Possibly an original for a Fortune magazine article. Signed Solovioff 71.
Nicholas Solovioff(1927–1994) was an American artist.
Solovioff was a prolific illustrator, having done covers forThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,Fortune,Sports Illustrated,Horizon,Reader\'s Digestand theSmithsonian Institution. He also illustrated articles inFortuneand illustrated some of theTime-Lifebooks. He specialized in illustrating architecture, technology, science and nature. In addition to illustrations for magazines, he did technical illustration for government contracted technical manuals and architectural proposals forPhilip JohnsonandSkidmore, Owings and Merrill. He was the artist in residence for thePort of New York Authority. He was known for his work featuring the bar atOscar\'s Delmonicoalso known asDelmonico\'s.
Solovioff was educated atHarvard University, where he began studyingastronomy,physicsandmath, but he eventually switched toart history. After obtaining a BA, he got an MFA from Harvard and all but completed a Ph.D. as well. He taught art history, drawing, painting and sculpture at theFogg Museum of Artwhile working towards a Ph.D. He also taught at theParsons School of Design. Solovioff served inWorld War IIin theUnited States Armyand later as acombat artistfor theUnited States Marine CorpsinVietnam.
