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Isaac Soyer

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Isaac Soyer (1902 - 1981) was active/lived in New York / Russian Federation.  Isaac Soyer is known for Female figure, portrait, social realism.

Russian-American genre scene painter, Isaac Soyer, specialized in portraits, interiors and dancers. He was born 1902 in Tombrov, Russia and along with his family emigrated to the United States in 1912.

Isaac had two older twin brothers, Raphael Soyer, 18991987 and Moses Soyer, 18991974 (b. Borisoglebsk), who were also artists. They settled in New York City, inspired by everyday attitudes, thoughts, and gestures of people doing everyday tasks.

As a WPA artist, Isaac's "Employment Agency" (Whitney Mus., New York City) reveals the social realities of the Depression years. The Soyers' depiction of individuals and their environment place them in the category of American realism.

During World War II he worked at Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York. He was an instructor at the Albright Art School, Buffalo, New York, 1941-44; Buffalo Art Institute and Niagara Falls Art School, 1940s; Education Alliance Art School, New York, 1950-; New School Social Research, 19   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1107 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  askART lists Isaac Soyer in 1 of its research Essays. Isaac Soyer has 15 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Isaac Soyer available:    Nicolai S (Nicola) Cikovsky,  Moses Soyer,  Walter Shirlaw,  Samuel Halpert,  Robert Brackman,  Bernard Karfiol,  James Crawford Thom,  William Meyerowitz,  Bruno Lucchesi,  Alexander Brook,  Raphael Soyer,  Platt Powell Ryder,  Francis Criss,  Andrew Thomas Schwartz,  Robert Ward Van Boskerck,  Simka Simkhovitch,  Walter Stuempfig Jr,  Robert Philipp,  Louis George Bouche,  Ben (Rosenberg) Benn,  Marion Greenwood,  Ernest Fiene,  Joe (Joseph John) Jones,  Philip Little



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   Publications  Book References:  43
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Isaac Soyer
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review When Artists Became Workers February 1997 Braufman, Sheila Yes
43 Book References for Isaac Soyer
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1996 Sussman, Elizabeth City of Ambition Artists and New York, 1900-1960
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1994 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Realism 240 Yes
1993 Pavese, Edith American Highlights/Estados Unidos U S History in Notable Works of Art 160 Yes
1993 Todd, Ellen Wiley The "New Woman" Revised Painting and Gender Politics on 14th Street 414 Yes
1991 Kleeblatt, Norman L and Susan Chevlowe (Editors) Painting a Place in America Jewish Artists in New York 1900-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 208 Yes
1991 Marlor, Clark S The Salons of America
(Exhibition catalog)		 242 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Whiting, Cecile Antifascism in American Art 238 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Krane, Susan The Wayward Muse Historical Survey of Painting in Buffalo
(Exhibition catalog)		 208 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Wooden, Howard E American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin
(Exhibition catalog)		 151 No
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1983 Contreras, Belasario R Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art 253 No
1983 Hills, Patricia Social Concern and Urban Realism American Painting in the 1930s
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 No
1981 Brown, Milton (essay). ACA Galleries Social Art in America 1930-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 No
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Neuen Gesellschaft Bild. Kunst Amerika Traum und Depression 1920-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 544 Yes
1976 Heller, Nancy/Julia Williams The Regionalists 190 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 Baigell, Mathew The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930s 214 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Davidson, Marshall The Artist's America American Heritage History of 416 Yes
1973 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1973 927 No
1973 O'Connor, Francis V (editor) Art for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project 317 No
1971 Porter, Allen/Wm McGonagle The Thirties Decade American Artists and Their European Contemporaries
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 No
1966 McNight, Robert J Sixty Paintings Brooks Memorial Art Gallery 70 No
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1957 Chanin, A L/Greenwich Gallery Fifty Contemporary American Artis
(Exhibition catalog)		 112 No
1951 Baur, John I H Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art 170 No
1947 Lozowick, Louis One Hundred Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors 207 No
1946 Gruskin, Alan D Painting in the U S A 223 Yes
1945 Crane, Aimee Portrait of America 204 Yes
1942 Wheeler, Monroe (intro) Painters and Sculptors of Modern America 152 Yes
1939 Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus) Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 No
1939 Watson, Forbes (essay) American Painting Today 179 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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