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Jan 18, 1867 Died on 01 Jan 1949 (aged 81)
American artist
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About William Sommer
- William Sommer (1867–1949) was an American Modernist painter. William Sommer was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1867.
- He was largely self-taught, but received instruction early on from artist and commercial lithographer Julius Melchers.
- He apprenticed with the Detroit Calvert Lithograph Company for seven years but in 1890 he traveled to Europe where he trained with Professors Johann Herterich, Ludwig Schmid, and Adolph Menzel.
- In 1907 he accepted a position with the Otis Lithograph Company of Cleveland, Ohio and in 1911 he co-founded the Kokoon Arts Club to promote modern art in Cleveland.
- In 1914 he relocated to Brandywine, Ohio.
- He worked on several large-scale murals for the Federal Art Project, including Rural Homestead in the Geneva, Ohio post office.
