Isaac Soyer Oil Painting Seated Interior with Nude Famale Woman Girl
DETAILS:
- ARTIST: Isaac Soyer
- ORIGIN: Russian/American, 1902-1981
- TITLE: Interior with Nude
- MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
- SIGNED: Isaac Soyer (lower left); verso titled and inscribed By Isaac Soyer on the stretcher
- SIZE: 24 x 18 inches (artwork) / 24 x 30 inches (framed).
- CONDITION: Excellent
Background: Isaac Soyer (April 26, 1902 – July 8, 1981) was a social realist painter and often portrayed working-class people of New York City in his paintings.
Biography: He was the fourth of six children; his older twin brothers Moses Soyer and Raphael Soyer were also painters. In 1912, his parents emigrated from Russia to New York.[2] In his life, he 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
- Brooklyn Museum School in New York City during the 1960s
- New School for Social Research in 1968