Moses Soyer letter
name: label: Creator
content: Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Schimmel, Herbert D., 1909-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Realism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1962 by Herbert Schimmel.
creator: label: Creator
content: Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y. Noted for social realism.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [undated]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.soyemosl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3472 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter to Herbert S. Schimmel on the subject of the avant-garde and critics, in which Soyer points out that the materials of the Abstract Expressionists are so perishable that the art may not stand the test of time. He recalls the unembellished beauty of unframed and unstretched paintings by Rembrandt, Corot, and Van Gogh, and asks how the canvasses of the Abstract Expressionists would appear in the same light.