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