Solovioff was a prolific illustrator, having done covers for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Horizon, Reader's Digest and the Smithsonian Institution.
In addition to illustrations for magazines, he did technical illustration for government contracted technical manuals and architectural proposals for Philip Johnson and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Solovioff was educated at Harvard University, where he began studying astronomy, physics and math, but he eventually switched to art history.
Solovioff served in World War II in the United States Army and later as a combat artist for the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam.
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