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William Sommer

(Detroit, Michigan, 1867 - 1949, Northfield Center, Ohio)

Cows

c. 1940-1945

Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

15 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (39.4 x 50.5 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Bequest of Ginger and Henry Saalfield

2002.46

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Sommer spent most of his life in Summit County near Brandywine Falls. He painted from the turn-of-the-century through the forties, absorbing the ideas of the Cubists and other avant-garde artists of those years and integrating their concepts and techniques into his own work. His favorite subjects, however, including children and farm scenes, were firmly rooted in the American Midwest.

Keywords
Cleveland School
Cow
Regional
Ohio
Watercolor
House
Farmland