WOLFS is pleased to present the exhibition and sale “Sommer’s Children”, featuring the remarkable portraiture of early 20th century American modernist, William Sommer (1867–1949).
Many 20th century American artists, at some time in their career, painted pictures of children; usually their own, or those of friends and acquaintances. Very few concentrated on this genre or made it a specialty, During the first-half of the 20th century, aside from Robert Henri, who was specifically a portrait painter, one is hard-pressed to find an artist of stature who produced a sizable and artistically important body of children’s portraits.
There is only one artist from this period who has left behind a large group of children’s portraits of sufficient distinction and originality as to warrant a separate sub-chapter in the art-history of 20th century American painting and that was William Sommer, considered by many the most important artist of the Cleveland School.
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