Syd Solomon spent most of his time in his homes in both East Hampton, NY and Sarasota, Florida, both of which influenced many of his paintings.
16 Facts About Syd Solomon
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Syd Solomon's works have been presented at The Guggenheim, The Whitney, Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Wadsworth Athenaeum and several others.
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Syd Solomon went on to earn the Bronze star for his contributions during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Sarasota is home to the Ringling Museum of Art where Syd Solomon first began displaying his work.
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Syd Solomon's was the first work by a contemporary artist to be displayed in the museum.
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Syd Solomon's work was quickly noticed by other artists and curators.
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Syd Solomon's art was included in several national exhibitions throughout the 1950s.
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Syd Solomon continued this dual lifestyle for the next 30 years.
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Syd Solomon helped bring many well-established artists down to Florida after he started his Institute of Fine Art at New College.
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Around 1990, Syd Solomon began to display symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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Syd Solomon was one of the premier artists to use acrylic paint.
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Syd Solomon became a fan of a specific resist technique that used a lactic caseing solution to mask the painting.
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Syd Solomon's painting gestures usually consisted of circles, squares, and curves.
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Syd Solomon was not concerned with perfection in his art strokes as much as rough edges that left for unpredictability.
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Syd Solomon was a visiting instructor at University of Illinois in Urbana, Robertson Center for the Arts, and the Tampa Bay Art Center.
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Syd Solomon received many awards in his lifetime including the State Department US Cultural Exchange program to Israel and the Ford Foundation Special Purchase Grant for the Guggenheim Museum.