Artist: Frederick Sommer (1905 - 1999)
Nationality: American
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Frederick Sommer was the son of city planner and trained as an architect in Brazil. His drawings were first exhibited in Brazil during his teenage years and helped him gain admission to the architecture program at Cornell University, despite his lack of an undergraduate degree or knowledge of the English language. While in Switzerland in 1931, recovering from tuberculosis, Sommer purchased his first camera. He moved to Arizona in 1935 and devoted himself to photography after coming under the influence of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston. His initial work bordered on the grotesque, often depicting animal carcasses. Sommer later moved on to produce landscapes and photographic assemblages.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Arizona Landscape
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Virgin and Child
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Max Ernst, 1946, Frederick Sommer (Italy, Angri, 1905-09-07 - 1999-01-23) , 1946, Gelatin-silver print
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Young Explorer, Frederick Sommer (Italy, Angri, 1905-09-07 - 1999-01-23) , 1951, Gelatin-silver print
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The Thief Greater Than His Loot, Frederick Sommer (Italy, Angri, 1905-09-07 - 1999-01-23) , 1955, Gelatin-silver print
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Paint On Cellophane, Frederick Sommer (Italy, Angri, 1905-09-07 - 1999-01-23) , 1959, Gelatin silver print
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Frederick Sommer - Paracelsus 1957 silver gelatin print Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame American
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Max Ernst
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Frederick Sommer - The Eatable Thief 1950 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Giorgio Sommer Fountain, Italy albumen print circa 1870
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Giorgio Sommer Untitled [View of Rome] albumen print circa 1880
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8718 Aci Castello (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Panorama...8627 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1320 1314 (Naples ?) (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1371 Catania Panorama (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Giorgio Sommer Soldiers' Quarters, Pompeii Albumen print 19th century
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9019... Palermo La Ziza (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9004 Palermo La Favorita (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Palermo Cappella Palatina (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9010. Palermo Trinacria (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9020 Palermo Cattedrale (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1314 Palermo Cattedrale (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9005 Palermo Quattro Cantoni (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Giorgio Sommer 1206 Tempio di Mercurio, Pompei Albumen print 19th century
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9128 9074 Monreale Panorama (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1327 Palermo La Martorana 1349 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9041 Palermo Santuario S. Rosalia (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9121 9084 Monreale Chiostro (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9067 Palermo Museo Madonna di Gagini (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1325 Palermo Museo Ariete 9074 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9079 Monreale Duomo 9102 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9002 Palermo Porta nuova (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9001 Palermo Porta Felice (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1303 Palermo (Cimetière des Capucins) (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1316 Palermo Giardino Garibaldi. 1397 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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1378 9010 Palermo Cappella Palatina (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9008 1322 Palermo Villa Giulia (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Sommer and Kaufmann Pair of shoes suede and leather ca. 1940
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9013 Palermo La Martorana Coronazione di Ruggiero 1352 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9065 Palermo Museo Triptickon di Van Eyck 9095 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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9017 Palermo S. Giovanni degli Eremiti 1325 (4e quart 19e siècle) by SOMMER
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Giorgio Sommer Costumi Napolitane (Customary Neapolitan Behavior), from an unidentified album Napoli (Naples) albumen print circa 1860 - 1870
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Hans Daniel Sommer Title: Center Table Date: about 1680 Medium: marquetry of tortoise shell,brass,pewter,hardstone,
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Pair of Woman’s Pumps, Sommer & Kaufmann  (Artist), circa 1928, Silk satin, leather
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Wall Site (Sommer Studio), Leland D. Rice (United States, born 1940) , 1978, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Frederick Atkinson Frederick Atkinson 19th century
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Samuel J. Miller - Frederick Douglas 1847-52 cased half-plate dag The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Thomas Lawrence - Frederick H. Hemming c. 1824-25 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
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Thomas Lawrence - Mrs. Frederick Hemming c. 1824-25 oil on panel Kimbell Art Museum English
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William Sommer - Marvin 1931 oil on cavnas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Sommer - Tess c. 1927 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Sommer - The Pool 1944 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Agnes Jeffrey - Frederick Jeffrey 1846 watercolor with grap Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Frederick Law Olmstead Head of a Boy Lithograph 20th century
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Frederick Warren Freer Honeysuckle, plate at p. 37 in the book, Representative Etchings by Artists of To-day in America (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887) etching 1887
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Thomas Hudson - George Frederick Handel n.d. oil on canvas backed The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Sommer - June (recto) c. 1926 oil on cardboard Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Frederick Burridge The Patriarchs 1901
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Charles Frederick William Mielatz Old Mill, near Newport, R. I., plate at p. 53 in the book, Representative Etchings by Artists of To-day in America (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887) etching 1887
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Frederick Stuart Church The Wanderer*s Return, frontispiece in the book, Representative Etchings by Artists of To-day in America (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887) etching 1887

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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NSA Gallery: Comics Brew: An Exhibition of International Comic Art
The festival is an initiative to showcase, develop and establish comic strip drawing in Southern Africa. The potential of the medium as an educational tool as well as entertainment has been realized in most European countries, the USA and Japan. R...
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach: The UAM Diaries: 1973-2004 The Glenn Years
In addition, a number of exhibits that the UAM has traveled to museums throughout America, including The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the Sixties; Time Dust, James Rosenquist; The Complete Graphics 1962-1992; Frederick Sommer at Seve...
Photo Review: Call for Artists: 2003 Photo Review Photography Competition
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitio...
Photo Review: Call for Artists: Photo Review 2005 International Photography Competition
Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines like DoubleTake, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the coun...
Photo Review: Call to Artists: 2004 Photo Review Photography Competition
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitio...
Photo Review: Call to Artists: 2004 Photo Review Photography Competition
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitio...
Photo Review: Call for Artists: 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. And a major traveling exhibition in 2010 will feature entrants from 25 years of The Photo Review Competi...
Photo Review: Call for Artists:2007 Photo Review Photography Competition
Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines like DoubleTake, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the co...
Delaware Art Museum: An American Century of Photography: From Dry-plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection

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