Famous People with Name Sol

Sol Tax            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sol Tax: was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his studies of the Sauk Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935.

Sol LeWitt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sol LeWitt: was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism. LeWitt rose to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, and painting.He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. His prolific two and three-dimensional work ranges from wall drawings (over 1200 of which have been executed) to hundreds of works on paper extending to structures in the form of towers, pyramids, geometric forms, and progressions. These works range in size from gallery-sized installations to monumental outdoor pieces. Sol LeWitt’s frequent use of open, modular structures originates from the cube, a form that influenced the artist’s thinking from the time that he first became an artist.

Sol Tolchinsky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sol Tolchinsky: was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. His brother is noted Jewish comedy writer Mel Tolkin. Born in Montreal, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament.