Soyer, Raphael (1899-1987) - 1936 Transients

Soyer, Raphael (1899-1987) - 1936 Transients
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Soyer, Raphael (1899-1987) - 1936 Transients
"Raphael Soyer and his identical twin brother, Moses, were born Russia in 1899. Their father, a Hebrew scholar, writer and teacher, raised his five children in an intellectual environment in which much emphasis was placed on academic and artistic pursuits. Due to Russian oppression, the Soyer family was forced to emigrate in 1912 to the United States, where they ultimately settled in the Bronx.