biography
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| (1899–1987)
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| biography:
| Painter and writer, born in Tombov, Russia, the twin of Moses Soyer and brother of Isaac Soyer. His family emigrated to New York in 1912, and he worked in a factory, studied at Cooper Union (1914–17) and the National Academy of Design (1918–22), and taught at the Art Students League (from 1932). He was a social realist, as in ‘Farewell to Lincoln Square’ (1959), and a figure painter, as seen in ‘Standing Nude Female’ (1960). His most famous book was Diary of an Artist (1977). |
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