Victor Olson was born in Connecticut and studied art at the Art Classic School of New York.  He was a well-known painter, whose work currently hangs in the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  He was also an illustrator who painted several paperback covers for such publishers as Doubleday, Avon Books, MacFadden Books, Bantan and Monarch.

A sampling of his work can be found below.