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William Freed

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William Freed (1902 - 1984) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts.  William Freed is known for Abstract expressionist painting.

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 William Freed
1902-1984

Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed first became acquainted in 1932 when both artists attended the Educational Alliance in New York. During the mid-1930s they were employed by the Federal Works Project Administration -Orlowsky as a painter in the easel division, and Freed in the mural Division.  It was in 1937 that Orlowsky happened to encounter Freed as they waited in line to receive their W.P.A. paychecks.  Orlowsky had recently begun taking classes with the controversial teacher Hans Hofmann at his new school in Manhattan, and she enthusiastically recommended that Freed join her in class.  Shortly thereafter he did. Thus, Freed and Orlowsky began a personal and professional relationship -partnership if you will- that lasted almost fifty years.

The pair was associated with Hofmann and his schools in New York and Provincetown during the prewar heyday of the abstract expressionist movement. The community of avant-garde artists in N   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9385 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for William Freed available:    Lillian Orlowsky,  Jim (James Alfred) Forsberg,  Nanno De Groot,  Philip Cecil Malicoat,  Oliver Newberry Chaffee Jr,  Leo Manso,  Peter Busa,  Charles Heinz,  Robert Beauchamp,  Ferol Katherine Sibley Warthen,  Bruce McKain,  Grace Martin (Frame) Taylor,  Herman Maril,  Ross Moffett,  William Boogar Jr,  Vernon B Smith,  Morris Davidson,  Agnes Weinrich,  Joseph Kaplan,  Irving Marantz,  Gerrit Hondius,  Edwin Reeves Euler,  LaForce Bailey,  Dorothy Loeb



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13 Book References for William Freed
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1994 Provincetwon Art Association and Museum Provincetown Abstract Painting 1915-1950 From The Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1990 Evaul, William (Foreward); Cynthia Goodman; Lillian Orlowsky The Provocative Years: 1933-1945 the Hans Hofmann School in Provincetown 32 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
1981 Ganagan, James William Freed In Retrospect 1928-1981
(Exhibition catalog)		 16 Yes
1977 Bard, Joellan Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 No
1977 Everson Museum of Art Provincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
(Exhibition catalog)		 289 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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