Born in 1928, in Cairo, Egypt, Hassan Soliman was a painter, writer, illustrator, and a gifted draughtsman. He obtained his graduate degree from the Cairo School of Fine Arts in 1951. The following year Soliman moved to Luxor in upper Egypt, where he worked as a painter in residence at the Luxor Atelier until 1953. The artist later traveled to Italy to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, in Milan graduating in 1966. During that period, he toured Europe visiting museums and art galleries.

Upon his return to Egypt, he taught at the Egyptian Open University and the Cinema Institute. He worked as a layout editor and art critic at the monthly cultural magazine al-Majjala. Soliman was an esteemed painter amongst Egypt's art cir...