Biografie von William SOMMER (1867-1949)
Birth place: Detroit, MI
Death place: Cleveland, OH
Addresses: Macedonia, OH
Profession: Painter, decorator
Studied: Acad. Art, Munich, Germany; with J. Melchers; L. Schmidt; J. Herterich in Munich.
Exhibited: Great Art Loan, 1883; AIC, 1931(prize); Great Lakes Exhibit, Detroit, MI 1939; CMA, 1924 (prize), 1927 (prize), 1929 (prize), 1932 (prize), 1935 (prize), 1939 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942 (prize), 1943 (prize), 1945 (prize); MoMA, 1933; WMAA, 1933-34, 1937; AFA Traveling Exhib., 1933-34; CMA, 1922-46; Tate Mus., London, 1946; Butler AI; Akron AI; 1930 Gal., Cleveland, 1944-46.
Member: Cleveland SA; Ko-Koon AC.
Work: CMA; AIC; Akron AI; Univ. Minnesota; Oberlin Mus.; BM; City of Cleveland Collection; murals, Cleveland Pub. Lib.; USPO, Geneva, Ohio.WPA artist.
Sources: WW53; WW47.