Bidspirit auction | Moses Soyer (1899-1974) Oil on

Moses Soyer (1899-1974) Oil on Board, Couple - Frame and signed LR M. Soyer, Moses Soyer (1899 - 1974) was active/lived in New York and known for figure-dancers, social realism and portraits. This painting is of a man and woman and with brown background. Approx ID / Board 24” x 18”, OD 27” x 21”. As found on the internet, ”Soyer attended The Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design after immigrating from Russia as a teenager, later studied under Ashcan school artists Robert Henri and George Bellows. During the late 1930s Soyer was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to paint public murals at the Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn and the Kingsessing branch post office in Philadelphia. After World War II, Soyer?s subjects shifted from working-class New Yorkers to dancers, women, and self-portraits. His works are held by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.” Condition: Absence of a condition statement does not imply the lot is in perfect condition, free from flaws, restoration, or the effects of aging. Condition reports can be obtained via email or telephone to us. Any condition statement given either verbally or written is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. All items are sold ”as is.”