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Moses Soyer

Moses Soyer (1899 - 1974) was active/lived in New York.  Moses Soyer is known for Figure-dancers, social realism.

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Dedicated to art expression with social-realist themes of the Depression Era in America, Moses Soyer was born in Czarist Russia in 1899, and was one of three artistic brothers, the others being Raphael and Isaac. Raphael Soyer was Moses' identical twin. Later in his career, Moses Soyer turned to the depiction of female figures, especially ballet dancers.

The Soyer brothers were raised in an intellectual atmosphere created by their father, a Hebrew scholar. In 1912, the Soyers emigrated to the United States and eventually settled in New York City.

Moses Soyer's artistic studies began in 1916, and included classes in New York at Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, the Educational Alliance, and the Modern School, where he was influenced by Robert Henri and George Bellows. After traveling to Europe on a fellowship, Soyer taught at several schools until The Depression made such teaching positions scarce.

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Moses Soyer available:    Raphael Soyer,  William Gropper,  Chaim Gross,  Reginald Marsh,  Abraham Walkowitz,  Byron (George Byron) Browne,  Jerome Myers,  George Benjamin Luks,  David Davidovich Burliuk,  Hayley Lever,  Luigi Lucioni,  Arthur Bowen Davies,  Walt Francis (Walter) Kuhn,  Ben Shahn,  Robert Philipp,  Nicolai S (Nicola) Cikovsky,  Louis Kronberg,  Joseph Stella,  Louis Michel Eilshemius,  William Zorach,  Isaac Soyer,  Ernest Fiene,  Henry Pember Smith,  Philip Howard (Blashki) Evergood