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: (100)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Arizona Landscape
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Virgin and Child
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Max Ernst
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Frederick Sommer - Paracelsus 1957 silver gelatin print Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame American
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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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Giorgio Sommer Soldiers' Quarters, Pompeii Albumen print 19th century
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Giorgio Sommer 1206 Tempio di Mercurio, Pompei Albumen print 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Pair of shoes suede and leather ca. 1940
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Giorgio Sommer Costumi Napolitane (Customary Neapolitan Behavior), from an unidentified album Napoli (Naples) albumen print circa 1860 - 1870
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Artist: Hans Daniel Sommer Title: Center Table Date: about 1680 Medium: marquetry of tortoise shell,brass,pewter,hardstone,
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William Sommer - Tess c. 1927 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Sommer - Marvin 1931 oil on cavnas 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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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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William Sommer - June (recto) c. 1926 oil on cardboard Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Thomas Lawrence - Mrs. Frederick Hemming c. 1824-25 oil on panel Kimbell Art Museum English
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Thomas Lawrence - Frederick H. Hemming c. 1824-25 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
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Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born in Germany, 1834-1914 Lucerne Photograph, albumen print Image: 20.3 x 25.2
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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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Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born in Germany, 1834-1914 Shoeshine and pickpocket Photograph, albumen print Image/Sheet: 23.3
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Frederick Law Olmstead Head of a Boy Lithograph 20th century
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Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born in Germany, 1834-1914 Napoli Gradoni di chiaia 1880-90 Photograph, albumen print
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan and box gauze circa 1890
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Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born in Germany, 1834-1914 Capri: Punta dalla Campanella Photograph, albumen print Image:
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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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William Sommer - Woman with a Book (verso) c. 1926 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Thomas Hudson - George Frederick Handel n.d. oil on canvas backed The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Sommer and Kaufmann Brise fan ivory circa 1946
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan feathers and plastic circa 1928
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Sommer and Kaufmann Handbag beaded circa 1923
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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
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Mrs. Charles Frederick (Martha Rigden, died 1794) George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 29 3/4
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Nicolas de Largillierre - Frederick Augustus, Count Rutowski c. 1729 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan gauze, wood, pique circa 1890
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Sommer and Kaufmann Purse magenta crochet 1860 - 1870
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging bobbin lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Lappet Duchesse lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Doily Bohemian lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Purse leather and metal circa 1900
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging needle lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging linen lace 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Binche lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Valenciennes lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Runner Chantilly lace 1880 - 1890
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Frederick Bassett Plate pewter 1761 - 1785
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Frederick Lee The Overhanging Trees oil on canvas 1865
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Frederick Burridge Oxcliffe Marsh 1900
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan gauze, lace, paint, and wood circa 1890
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Sommer and Kaufmann Veil for hat Brussels applique lace circa 1880
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edgings Point de Gaze lace 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging needlepoint (Youghal, flatpoint) circa 1880
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging black machine lace 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Brise fan tortoise shell and silk circa 1900
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan paint, sequins, sticks and brilliants 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Veil for hat Brussels applique lace circa 1880
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Sommer and Kaufmann Collar Point de gaze lace circa 1910
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Sommer and Kaufmann Collar Point de gaze lace circa 1910
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fichu Point de gaze lace 1900 - 1910
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Venetian pillow lace circa 1650
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Argentan lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Flounce Coraline Point lace circa 1660
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace circa 1780
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Coraline Point lace 17th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Coraline Point lace circa 1660
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Brussels bobbin lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Argentan lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Mezzo Punto lace 17th century
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Hale Woodruff - Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Discussing Emancipation 1942-43 tempera on masonite Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Sommer and Kaufmann Lace flower machine lace 20th century
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Frederick W. Halpin Edwin Booth 19th century
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Frederick W. Halpin Edwin Booth 19th century
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Frederick Burridge The March Farm 19th - 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan ostrich feathers with tortoise shell early 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Beaded cloth beads, fiber and fabric 20th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Four pieces of edging Honiton lace late 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Scarf point d'esprit embroidered tulle circa 1910
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan ivory, silk, mother-of-pearl, brass 1860 - 1880
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Sommer and Kaufmann Fan Chantilly lace and tortoise shell circa 1880 - 1900
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Meissen Factory Portrait of Frederick the Great silver mounting 18th century
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Meissen Factory Portrait of son of Frederick the Great silver mounting 18th century
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Frederick George Richard Roth Bear bronze 1904
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Sommer and Kaufmann Collar Burano needlepoint lace late 19th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point Plat de Venise lace circa 1660
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace late 18th century
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Sommer and Kaufmann Edging Point d'Alencon lace early 19th century
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Frederick L. Owen Nocturne ET - DP 1938
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Sommer and Kaufmann Collar, Brussels Brussels needle lace 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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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...
Delaware Art Museum: An American Century of Photography: From Dry-plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection

Further Artwork and Information:

Frederick Sommer, obituary
Profotos - Frederick Sommer
Drawings, collage, musical scores and writings by Frederck Sommer
Frederick Sommer, The Birth of Venus
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Masters of Photography: Frederick Sommer
Frederick Sommer (Getty Museum)
Frederick Sommer (1905 - 1999) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Frederick Sommer - Surrealist Master
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