William’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Circus Abstraction
William Sommer American, 1867-1949

Abstraction with Hand
William Sommer American, 1867-1949

Bust of Boy in a Plaid Sweater
William Sommer American, 1867-1949

Study of Child
William Sommer American, 1867-1949

Plaster Cast of Body, Pompeii
Giorgio Sommer Italian, 1834–1914

Golden Apples
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999
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Untitled [Out of Focus Nude]
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

The Thief Greater than his Loot
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

Idée et Orchidée
Frederick Sommer American, 1905-1999

Smoke on Cellophane #1
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

Saint William of Maleval
After Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673 Carlo Antonini ? c.1740 - c.1784

Hadrian's Villa
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

The Fighting Centaur
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

Paracelsus
Frederick Sommer American, born Italy, 1905-1999

The Milky Way
Frederick Sommer American, 1905–1999

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV
William Blake English, 1757-1827

A City Park
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)