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Moses Soyer

American artist (1899-1974)
Person human Q6915945

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 25, 1899
Date of death
September 3, 1974
Place of birth
Borisoglebsk
Place of death
Long Island
Country of citizenship
Russian Empire, United States[9][10]
Occupation
painter, draftsperson
Field of work
painting[11]
Father
Abraham Soyer[8]
Sibling
Raphael Soyer, Isaac Soyer[22][23]
Genre
portrait[15]
Work location
New York City[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library
Birth name
Моисей Абрамович Шоар[20]
Copyright representative
reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Soyer[16]
Given name
Moses[17]
Has works in the collection
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Georgia Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Reading Public Museum, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Brauer Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard Art Museums, New York Historical, Cincinnati Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Fogg Museum, Princeton Art Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, Print Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[12]
Movement
social realism[14]
Name in native language
Moses Soyer[21]
Show all 27 facts +3
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library
P14750
F62E-F5C5-1E29-01CF-A7C8
Place of burial
Queens County[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Moses Schoar en Moses Soyer en Soyer he מאזעס סאיער he מוזס סאייר he מוזס סויר he משה שוער ja モージズ・ソイアー nl Мозес Сойер ru Сойер, Мозес
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000082287770
VIAF cluster ID
50467442
Library of Congress authority ID
n50021658
GND ID
121527517X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eugenie Gershoy Moses Soyer.jpg ↗
ADAGP artist ID
moses-soyer-67511
ARTIC artist ID
36756
AbART person ID
83575
ArtBrokerage artist ID
Moses-Soyer
Artcyclopedia artist ID
soyer_moses
Artist-info artist ID
100336
Artists of the World ID
00207266
Show all 53 identifiers +41
Artnet artist ID
moses-soyer
Artsy artist ID
moses-soyer
AskArt person ID
24157
Athenaeum person ID
12186
Benezit ID
B00172858
Christie's creator ID
45335
CiNii Research ID
1140563741635171840
DACS ID (2022)
001024
DACS ID (former)
fa2ff88a-f373-4399-a611-91cf62e2b7a1
Europeana entity
agent/base/120239
FAST ID
7069
Find a Grave memorial ID
71220820
Freebase ID
/m/0b73m9z
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991002811959707141, 991007814009707141
Geni.com profile ID
6000000043109079634
IPI base code
I-001954460-4
IdRef ID
196470056
Invaluable.com person ID
zoreu9rf69
IxTheo authority ID
1726552896
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
13883#03
Jewish Virtual Library ID
moses-soyer
Le Delarge artist ID
16545_artiste_SOYER_Moses
Met Constituent ID
162455
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
5548
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA12084460
National Gallery of Art artist ID
34023
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001436221
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007506284305171
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
8019
Open Library ID
OL1765945A
OpenMLOL author ID
212991
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100520537
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
18576
PictoRight ID code
VA-1954460
RKDartists ID
74067
SNAC ARK ID
w6pr7xmh
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
4565
Union List of Artist Names ID
500030568
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
1255
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJf8v3CJRVkpq9gQBRxCcP
Yale LUX ID
person/fb045408-9238-4a44-b037-058f5e97f1f9

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 21
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum +13 more
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Russian Empire
Occupation 2
painter, draftsperson
Sibling 2
Raphael Soyer, Isaac Soyer
Siblings 2
Raphael Soyer, Isaac Soyer
Field of work 1
painting
Genre 1
portrait
Given name 1
Moses
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Movement 1
social realism
Place of birth 1
Borisoglebsk
Place of burial 1
Queens County
Place of death 1
Long Island
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
New York City
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Summary

Born in Borisoglebsk[1], he… he was born on December 25, 1899[2]. He passed away in Long Island[3]. He died on September 3, 1974[4]. He worked as a painter[5] and draftsperson[6].

FAQs

Where was Moses Soyer born?

Moses Soyer's place of birth was Borisoglebsk[1].

Where did Moses Soyer die?

Moses Soyer passed away in Long Island[3].

Who were Moses Soyer's parents?

Moses Soyer's father was Abraham Soyer[8].

What did Moses Soyer do for work?

Moses Soyer worked as painter[5] and draftsperson[6].

Related Entities

Carnegie Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art New York City Russian Empire United States Whitney Museum of American Art

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Moses
    Member of → —
    Work location → New York City
    Copyright representative → reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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