William Sommer

William Sommer (1867–1949) was an American lithographer, painter and artist.

Also recorded as W. L. Sommer; William L. Sommer.

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Overview
In detail
Plates
Sources

Overview

Born at Detroit in 1867, died in 1949.

In detail

the recorded working language is German and English.

Work by William Sommer is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Whitney Museum of American Art.

Sources

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1.
“William Sommer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q8018612: William Sommer
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Plates

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Female Nude, 1924, by William Sommer
William Sommer · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund · CC0
The picture record

Winter, No. 1, 1930, by William Sommer
William Sommer · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection · CC0
The picture record

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