George Sottung
American 1927 - 1999

A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, George Sottung completed his postgraduate studies at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Sottung apprenticed under Haddon Sundblom, then served as chief staff artist at the Chicago Tribune and as illustrator with Charles E. Cooper Studios and Mendola, Ltd., New York. For many more years Sottung worked as a freelance artist. His legacy of works include paintings in the collections of the White House, the Pentagon, the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Princeton University, Reader's Digest Association, Exxon, Xerox, Norden Corporation and Hearst, Inc. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club of New York, The American Watercolor Society, The Navy League and the Press Club, and during his long and productive career garnered more than 100 exhibition awards.