- Isaac Soyer
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birthdate = 1902Borisoglebsk cite web
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publisher = Crystal Reference Encyclopedia
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deathdate =July 8 ,1981 Manhattan ,New York , United States of America
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 asocial realist painter and often portrayedworking-class people ofNew York City in his paintings.cite web
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publisher = Smithsonian American Art Museum
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accessdate = 2007-04-26 ]Biography
He was the youngest of three siblings, the others being
Moses Soyer andRaphael Soyer , both twins. In 1912, his parents emigrated to New York. 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 inBuffalo, New York duringWorld War II
*Albright Art School at Buffalo, New York during the years 1941-44
*Art Institute of Buffalo andNiagara 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 1969cite web
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publisher = The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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accessdate = 2007-04-28 ] 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 theWhitney Museum of American Art , theBrooklyn Museum , theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery ,Buffalo, New York , and theDallas Museum of Art .Soyer died of a
heart attack at Lenox Hill Hospital onJuly 8 ,1981 at age 79 and was residing in Manhattan at the time. cite web
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title = Isaac Soyer, a Painter Of the American Scene
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publisher = New York Times
date = 16 July 1981
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