Isaac Soyer
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| Isaac Soyer | |
| Born | 1902
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| Died | July 8, 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painter |
| Movement | Social realist |
| Works | Employment Agency, Portrait of My Father, Rebecca, and The Art Beauty Shop |
Isaac Soyer (1902 — July 8, 1981) was a social realist painter and often portrayed working-class people of New York City in his paintings. [3]
[edit] Biography
He was the youngest of three siblings, the others being Moses Soyer and Raphael Soyer, both twins. In 1912, his parents emigrated to New York. [2] In his life, he has created several paintings, the most notable being Employment Agency.
A WPA artist, Soyer's "Employment Agency" reveals the social realities of the years of the Great Depression.
Soyer worked at a number of institutions in his life, mostly teaching art:
- Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York during World War II
- Albright Art School at Buffalo, New York during the years 1941-44
- Art Institute of Buffalo and Niagara Falls Art School during the 1940s
- Educational Alliance Art School in New York during the 1950s
- New School for Social Research in 1968
- Art Students League of New York in 1969[4]
Isaac Soyer painted portraits of friends and relatives and vignettes of working-class life. Several of his principal works are in the collections of important museums such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Soyer died of a heart attack at Lenox Hill Hospital on July 8, 1981 at age 79 and was residing in Manhattan at the time. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Soyer. The Columbia Encyclopedia (2001-5). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ a b Isaac Soyer. Crystal Reference Encyclopedia (2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ Isaac Soyer. Smithsonian American Art Museum (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ Isaac Soyer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (2001). Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Isaac Soyer, a Painter Of the American Scene. New York Times (16 July 1981). Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
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