Moses Soyer, Two Nudes, 1968

1968

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

76.2 × 66 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-740303

Moses Soyer (1899, Borisoglebsk, Russia – 1974, New York, NY) was a Realist painter committed to social commentary through his writing, painting, and organizing. As the twin of Raphael Soyer, he shared his conviction that art should reflect the society in which it is created. In 1926, Soyer was awarded a fellowship to study art in Europe. The prominent gallerist J.B. Neumann became his art dealer, eventually giving him his first solo exhibition. Soyer’s Realist ethos extended beyond his paintings, as a co-founder of the American Artists’ Congress, an anti-fascist coalition, and the Artists’ Union, which fought to improve conditions for artists in the Works Progress Administration program. Soyer’s works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; Brooklyn Museum, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Jewish Museum, NY; Detroit Institute of Art, MI; the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.