Moses Soyer and his twin brother, Raphael, were born in Borisglebsk, Russia. They emigrated with their family to the United States in 1913, eventually settling in New York City. Both brothers are recognized as major American figurative painters of the 20th century.  

Moses studied at the Cooper Union, National Academy of Design, Ferrer Art School (with Robert Henri and George Bellows), and at the Educational Alliance School of Art, where he later taught. He was one of the Works Progress Administration-Federal Arts Project artists, commissioned to do a series of murals dealing with child life. In 1963 he was elected to the National Academy of Design, and in 1966 to the National Institute of Arts & Letters.  

His work is found in many important private and museum collections, including: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan; Newark Museum, New Jersey; Montclair Museum, New Jersey; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; City Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri ; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida; Springfield Museum of Art, Ohio. (partial listing)  

 

Moses Soyer  1899-1974
Two Studies of a Woman's Head
Pen and red ink and red ink wash; watercolor, black ink wash & conté crayon
Estate stamp, lower left
Provenance: Estate of the artist
9 1/2 X 5 1/2 inches
Frame size: 18 1/4 X 14 inches

FC99133 Price on request

 

Moses Soyer  1899-1974
A Woman Drawing
Pen & black ink, red ink wash
Estate stamp, lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Sheet size: 9 5/8 X 6 1/8 inches
Frame size: 16 5/8 X 13 1/8 inches

FC07084 Price On Request

 

Moses Soyer  1899-1974
Female Nude with Crossed Arms
Pen & black ink; black, red, and blue ink wash
Estate stamp, lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Sheet size: 9 5/8 X 7 1/8 inches
Frame size: 16 3/4 X 14 1/8 inches
In a handcrafted frame from Les Cadres RG, Paris
FC07085 Price on request

 

Moses Soyer  1899-1974
Artist and Model
Pen & reddish brown ink and ink wash, pen & black ink, graphite
Signed in red crayone, lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Sheet size: 10 3/4 X 14 inches
Frame size: 20 3/8 X 23 inches

FC02119 Price on request

 

Moses Soyer  1899-1974
Ida (the artist's wife) in Their Garden at Hampton Bays
Oil on canvas board
Signed, lower right:
Canvas size: 16 X 20 inches
Frame size: 24 X 28 inches

FC09032 SOLD

 
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