Born in Borisoglebsk, Russia in 1899, Raphael Soyer is identified as a
Social Realist* painter because of his interest in the common man,
although he avoided subjects that were particularly critical of
society.
Soyer 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. His father, a Hebrew teacher and writer,
encouraged artistic and intellectual pursuits. His popularity
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Raphael Soyer is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Painters of Nudes
Modernism
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