Aleksander Sołtan

From 1927-36 Polish artist Aleksander Sołtan studied at the Warszawa Academy of Fine Arts under Władysław Skoczylas, Leon Wyczółkowski (graphics) and Tadeusz Pruszkowski (painting), graduating in 1937. In 1936, he became a member of the “Grupa Czwarta” (Group of the Four) – as the youngest of the group of alumni founded by Tadeusz Pruszkowski.

Sołtan later became a lecturer and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warszawa (1937-39 and 1947-49). After the war he was head of the graphics journal Knowledge (1947-49) and editor of the Poligrafika. He worked mainly in lithography, also as a graphic designer, and laying out designs, book covers, labels and packagings. He was married to the painter and graphic designer Helena Pachniewska- Sołtan (1907-95).