Isaac Soyer
Isaac Soyer | |
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Born | Isaac Schoar April 26, 1902 |
Died | July 8, 1981 Manhattan, New York, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | National Academy of Design, Cooper Union, Educational Alliance |
Known for | Painter |
Works | Employment Agency (1937) |
Movement | Social realist |
Family |
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Isaac Soyer (April 26, 1902 – July 8, 1981) was a Russian-born American
Biography
He was born as Isaac Schoar on April 26, 1902, in Russia. He was the fourth of six children; his older twin brothers
Isaac Soyer studied at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union, Educational Alliance and studied in Paris and Madrid.[10][3][11]
Soyer painted portraits of friends and relatives and vignettes of working-class life. He taught classes at the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project.[12]
Soyer's work Employment Agency (1937) reveals the social realities of the years of the Great Depression. It features the image of a Black woman and three white men waiting for a job interview response.[13][14]
During
Soyer was an art educator at a number of institutions. From 1941 until 1947 he taught at
Death and legacy
Soyer died of a
Several of his works are in the collections of public museums, such as the
References
- ^ "Soyer". The Columbia Encyclopedia. 2001. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Collections, Isaac Soyer". Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ a b "Isaac Soyer". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
Painter, trained at Cooper Union.
- ISBN 978-0-8047-5512-2.
- ^ Berman, Avis (December 1979). "Raphael Soyer at 80: 'Not painting would be like not breathing': Smithsonian American Art/Portrait Gallery Library". ARTnews.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "A Finding Aid to the Raphael Soyer papers, 1933-1989 | Digitized Collection". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Raphael Soyer, American, born Russia, 1899 - 1987, Schoar, Raphael". The National Gallery of Art (NGA). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ The Art Students League. Art Students League of New York. 1978. p. 70.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-914782-63-6.
- ^ "Ex-Prof of Anatomy Retires To Life of Sculpting, Painting". Newspapers.com. Courier-Post. 3 September 1998. p. 62. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ Baldwin, Nick (4 October 1981). "Thirties-art Survey at Cedar-Rapids". Newspapers.com. The Des Moines Register. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ISBN 978-0-87413-184-0.
- ^ "Painters in War Plants". Magazine of Art. American Federation of Arts. 1944. p. 74.
- ISBN 978-0-253-28536-2.
From 1941 to 1947, Soyer taught at the Albright Art School at the University of Buffalo
- ISBN 978-0-8156-0808-0.
- ^ "Isaac Soyer". The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
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