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William Freed (American, 1928-1981)

William Freed - Turquoise Table (Paintings) h: 32 x w: 42 in / h: 81.3 x w: 106.7 cm

William Freed
Turquoise Table 1954

Biography

Educational Alliance Art School, with Auerbach-Levy

Art Students League

Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art, in New York and Provincetown

Artist’s Statement:
I do not believe that art can be created by means of dogma or fixed concepts. I take my inspiration from nature. This experience indicates to me my approach. I am aware of the danger of becoming a slave to the imitative forces of nature. At this point I turn my back to it.

I want to paint the invisible as well as the visible, to give each equal importance.
I do not conform or repeat myself.

I believe man’s innermost character and feeling is conveyed to canvas from his experience and struggle with nature. From the contradiction and paradox of man’s inner life comes the aesthetic truth that is finally realized pictorially on a two-dimensional plane.
-William Freed

From the catalogue of the 1981 retrospective exhibition of his work at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

Exhibitions

Society of Independent Artists, 1928

ACA Gallery

Federal Art Project Gallery, 1937-40

Educational Alliance

New School of Social Research

Riverside Museum

Jewish Museum

Museum of Modern Art

Audubon Society, 1956, 1958, 1959

American Abstract Artists (Riverside Museum)

Whitney Museum of American Art

California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Parsons School of Design

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adelphi University

James Gallery

HCE Gallery

Stuttman Gallery

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Collections

Whitney Museum of American Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smithsonian Institution

Chrysler Museum

Jewish Museum

Ilya Schor Foundation

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

New York University

University of Texas