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SOURCE OF REFERENCE IS ALWAYS THE WORLD OF THE REAL . MUSH OF THE WORK IS DONE IN THE STUDIO AND FROM THE MODEL WITH THE RESULT THAT MANY OF HIS GENRE PICTURES ARE REALLY PORTRAIT STUDIES . IT WAS THEREFORE BUT LOGICAL THAT SOYER SHOULD UNDERTAKE THE UNIQUE PROJECT OF PAINTING A SERIES OF PORTRAITS FROM HIS CONTEMPORARY FELLOW. ARTISTS . THUS FAR HE HAS COMPLETED ABOUT A SCORE , AMONG THEM WALKOWITZ , WEBER , CRISS , MARSH , GROSS , EVERGOOD , BURLIUK , TSCHACBASOV , GROPPER , SLOAN , GORKY , JULES , LEVI , LAURENT . OTHERS ARE TO FOLLOW .IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION MIGHT FIND ASYLUM IN A MUSEUM AND BECOME NATIONAL PRPERTY [[PROPERTY]] .

SOYER'S WORK FITS CLOSELY INTO THE PATTERN OF RECENT AMERICAN ART HISTORY . IT FORMS A LINK BETWEEN THE "ASH CAN " CHOOL OF THE MUCKRAKING ERA AND THE "SOCIAL SCEN" MOVEMENT OF THE POT WAR PERIOD . SOYER SOTH FOLLOWS A TRADITION AND HELPS TO CARRY IT FORWARD .

LOUIS LOZOWICK