The Soul of Baltimore: The Life and Vision of Aaron Sopher In the vibrant, bustling tapestry of early twentieth-century America, few artists captured the rhythmic pulse of urban existence as intimately as Aaron Sopher. Born on December 16, 1905, in East Baltimore, Maryland, Sopher was a child of a large, industrious family—the tenth of thirteen children born to Samuel A. Sopher and Jennie Saperstein. Growing up in the shadow of his father’s cigar factory and tobacco shop near the Baltimore harbor, Sopher was immersed from birth in the sights, sounds, and textures of working-class life. This…