Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Soyer, Raphael |
Title |
Girl with Arms Folded |
Medium |
Lithograph on paper |
Date |
no date |
Description |
Raphael Soyer (Tombov, Russia 1899-1987 New York City) Girl with Arms Folded, no date Lithograph on paper 16 x 12 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 1975 purchase from the 9th Dulin National Print and Drawing Competition Raphael Soyer's portrayal of New York City office workers, "bowery bums," and unemployed people secured his standing as a Social Realist. Social Realists championed causes of social justice through their art, bringing social ills to light. In the Depression-era 1930s, Soyer often portrayed working women, seeing them as particularly hard hit during the Depression. After 1940 he made intimate studies of women, portraits of fellow artists, and self-portraits. His twin brother Moses Soyer was also an artist. |
Catalog Number |
1975.10.01 |
Search Terms |
Lithographs Prints Paper Portrait prints Portraits Girls Children Dulin Gallery of Art |