Weiss on Raphael Soyer

In the forthcoming article “I Paint the Way I Like To” Jerry N. Weiss writes about Raphael Soyer’s 1946 painting After the Bath. “Soyer formed a political alliance with his realistic colleagues in the 1950s in a battle that, like most in the art world, seemed to be pitched against a fear of annihilation,” explains Weiss. (Soyer taught at the Art Students League during the 1930s and early 1940s, as did his brother Isaac in the 1970s.) The article (PDF here) will appear in the September issue of The Artist’s Magazine.

Raphael Soyer, After the Bath, 1946. Oil on canvas, 36½ x 22 in.
Raphael Soyer, After the Bath, 1946. Oil on canvas, 36½ x 22 in. Montclair Art Museum. Blanche R. Pleasants Fund.
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