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Isaac Soyer

View From My Balcony


WPA Social Realist Isaac Soyer shared a deep respect for the lot of the working man and woman in early 20th century America with his older twin brother artists Moses and Raphael.  Their styles and subject matter were similar as well.

    Isaac was born in 1902 to Russian Jews.  The family moved to the United States in 1912 and settled in New York City's Lower East Side following deportation by the Czarist regime.  

   Soyer's father was a scholar who encouraged intellectual and artistic pursuits in his children.  Experiencing the difficulties facing immigrants before and during the Great Depression made a deep impact on Isaac and his siblings.

   This work was done during Soyer's tenure  at The Albright Art School in Buffalo, NY where he taught during the years 1941-44.  He also taught at the Buffalo Art Institute and The Niagara Falls Art School during this period.  ​He later taught at The Brooklyn Museum Art School, The New School for Social Research and The Art Students League in New York City.

    He must have enjoyed painting out on the balcony of his home in Buffalo as we have seen other paintings done from this perspective.


Collections:

Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC​

​The Brooklyn Museum

Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts




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