 In 1925, he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked as a decorative painter.Solowey moved to New York in 1928, where he was commissioned by "The New York Times" and the "Herald Tribune" to capture the likenesses of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities.Of these, he sketched Ethel Barrymore, Fanny Brice, Claudette Colbert, Katharine Cornell, Marlene Dietrich, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, George S. Kaufman, Mary Nash, Lily Pons, and Basil Rathbone.