Background
Wilson, Sol was born on August 23, 1896 in Vilno, Poland. Son of Herman and Ida (Volk) Wilson.
Wilson, Sol was born on August 23, 1896 in Vilno, Poland. Son of Herman and Ida (Volk) Wilson.
Student Cooper Union Artist School, 1918-1920 Beaux Arts School, New York City, 1919, National Academy Design, 1920-1922. Studied with Robert Henri, George Bellows.
Came to the United States, 1911, naturalized, 1927. Instructor Y.M.H.A. New Haven, 1926-1927, American Artists School, 1936-1940, School Art Studies, New York City, 1946. Teacher at the Art Students League, New York City One man exhibitions
Civic Art Club, New York City, 1926, New Haven, 1927, Paris, 1931.
Babcock Galleries, New York City, 1932, 36, 40, 42, 1944-1945, 47, 51, 53, Currier Gallery Manchester, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1945, Cowie Gallery, Los Angeles, Shore Studio Galleries, Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts, Garelick Galleries, Detroit. Athena Galleries, New Haven, East End Gallery, Provincetown, Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, North Truro (Massachusetts) Art Center, Provincetown Art Group Gallery, Foster Harmon Galleries, Sarasota and Naples, Florida.
Works represented national exhibits New York, World’s Fair, 1939, Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy, National Academy, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Museum, Clearwater Museum, Montclair Museum, Critic’s Choice, Arts and Antiques Show, New York City, 1945, Whitney Museum, Addison Gallery, Nebraska Artist Association, Saint Louis City Museum, U. Iowa, Walker Art Center, Newark Museum, Bklyn Museum, State Department Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum, Akron The Art Institute of Chicago.
Represented collections Seattle Museum, U. Iowa Museum, Saint Louis City Museum, Telfair Academy, Savannah, Georgia, Baltimore Museum, Bklyn College, Library Congress, Brooklyn Museum, Met Museum of Art, American Red Cross, University of Minnesota, New York University, Provincetown Art Association, Smithsonian Institution, Worcester (Massachusetts) Museum, Newark Museum, Bezalel Museum, Israel, Living Arts Foundation, New York City, Brandeis University, Butler The Art Institute of Chicago, Youngstown, O., Syracuse University Museum, others
Also represented in private collections.
Member Artists Equity Association, Audubon Artists, also National Academy of Design, 1968. Member Provincetown Art Association.
Married Dora Packriss, September 1921.