Nude paintings 1953 - 1974
Female Nude Seated
William Utermohlen, 1953
oil on canvas
Female Nude
William Utermohlen, 1957
oil on canvas
Myth and Matter
William Utermohlen, 1963
oil on canvas
Bathers Reflected; 1st State
William Utermohlen, 1966
oil on canvas
Bather
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 122 x 96 cm
Bathers Reflected
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 121 x 92 cm
Crocodile
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 122 97 cm
Crouching Figure
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 51 x 64 cm
Five Figures
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 60 x 48 cm
Excerpt from Pat's 2006 essay on Bill's work.
Amherst College was a splendid experience and William settled down to teaching the very bright and privileged students, but still continuing to paint soldiers and the war which was still raging. The peace and security of Amherst was shattered by a tragedy. A black student was drowned in the Olympic sized swimming pool. The reason for the disaster opened up, for William again the class and racial division in his country. The young black man who was exceedingly able had to pass a swimming test to finally qualify as a student of the College. It was overlooked by the faculty that black men often had not been taught to swim, and so the life guard was not alerted. The boy drowned with other students swimming above him, totally unaware of the tragedy. William painted a desperately moving painting of the event in which he uses the black figure as a pieta being lifted from the pool by his white fellow students.
Venus and Psche
William Utermohlen, 1973
oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
Figure in a White Chair
William Utermohlen, 1974
oil on canvas, 26 x 20 cm
Three Figures
William Utermohlen, 1974
oil on canvas, 122 x 109 cm
Three Figures
William Utermohlen, 1974
oil on canvas, 48 x 60 cm