Raphael Soyer
1899 – 1987
Raphael Soyer was born in 1899 in Borisogliebsk, Russia and he moved with his family to the Lower East Side of New York City in 1913, after they were deported from Russia by the Tsarist regime. Because he left school to support his family, he had to attend free classes at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design. A teacher at the Art Students League recognized his talent and introduced him to Charles Daniel, who gave him his first solo exhibition in 1929. He went on to teach at the Art Students League, the New School, and the National Academy of Design, and was a member of the American Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy. He was also the author of three books, "Painter's Pilgrimage", "Homage to Thomas Eakins" and "Self-Revealment, a Memoir." On November 4, 1987, he died in New York.
Landscape, Maine
14 x 18 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right