Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905 – January 23, 1999), was an artist born in Angri, Italy and raised in Brazil. He earned a M.A. degree in Landscape Architecture (1927) from Cornell University where he met Frances Elisabeth Watson (1904–1999) whom he married in 1928; they had no children.

Frederick Sommer, most widely known as a photographer, also maintained lifelong interests in drawing, painting, collage, poetry and prose. His photographs were first collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1941 as part of the Image of Freedom exhibition, and MOMA would go on to collect over 45 pieces in the coming decades.

Frederick Sommer’s (1905–1999) peripatetic life and multifaceted work defy easy classification. He was born in Italy to German-speaking parents, grew up in Brazil, and spoke five languages fluently by the time he received his master’s degree in …

Frederick Sommer lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Surrealism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Frederick Sommer, Valise d'Adam, 1949, gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art, Gift of Frederick Sommer. Often humorous, as well as uncanny, Sommer’s photographs of his ephemeral assemblages abound in visual jokes and paradoxes, some based on literary allusions.

Frederick Sommer was an intellectual and artist before he went on to become one of the great photographers of the modern era. Born in Angri, Italy, he grew up in Brazil, where his father designed gardens.

In 1935, two years after his first solo exhibition, Sommer traveled to New York to meet Alfred Stieglitz. A photographer and gallery owner, Stieglitz was a towering figure in the American modern art scene. Sommer showed him his watercolors and received an encouraging response.

Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905 – January 23, 1999), was an artist born in Angri, Italy and raised in Brazil. He earned a M.A. degree in Landscape Architecture (1927) from Cornell University where he met Frances Elisabeth Watson (1904–1999) whom he married in 1928; they had no children.

Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) Master Photographer, Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation, Black And White Photography

Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) Master Photographer, Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation, Black And White Photography