Early Life, Family and Training Isaac Soyer entered the world as Isaac Schoar on April 26, 1902, in Russia. He was the fourth of six children born into a family defined by intellectual and artistic rigor. His father, Abraham Shauer, worked as a Hebrew scholar, writer, and teacher, while his mother, Bella, was an embroiderer. This domestic environment placed a heavy emphasis on academic and artistic pursuits from the start. The family…