William Sommer

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

Untitled [Mart Sommer]

undated

Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper

18 x 12 1/4 in. (45.7 x 31.2 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Joseph M. Erdelac

2003.56

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Sommer married Martha (“Mart”) Obermeyer in 1894 in New York; the couple had three sons. In 1907, the family moved to Northeast Ohio. Sommer drew this portrait of his wife using a realistic technique, but colored the image with high-keyed hues that reflect his interest in German Expressionism and French “Fauve” painters such as Henri Matisse.

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