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Harold Freedman

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Latitude
-37.87731945
Longitude
145.042234
Start Date
1915-01-01
End Date
1915-01-01

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ID
tba198

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/harold-freedman
Birth Place
Caulfield, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Biography
painter, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker and teacher, was born in Caulfield, Victoria. He studied at Melbourne Technical College (RMIT) in 1929-35. From 1936 he worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist for Melbourne weeklies; His ink cartoon Calvalcade of Billy 1940, is in La Trobe, State Library of Victoria, donated by the artist -with other works in 1988. He was an official war artist in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944-45. As a teacher at RMIT after the war, he initiated the Melbourne Print Group in November 1951; it included Geoffrey Bardwell, assistant lecturer, and associates Christine Aldor, Fred Williams , etc. (see 'Melbourne Prints’ in McCulloch). He designed Victoria’s Spa Health Resorts: Daylesford, Hepburn Springs c.1952 (National Gallery of Australia) for the Victoria Railways, Australia (NGA poster no. 273) Freedman did a series of topographical 'Views of Melbourne’ for a book published in 1963. He was commissioned to paint a large mural of the history of aviation for the Australian War Memorial (1967-72), then was appointed state artist for Victoria in 1973, a position he apparently retained until his death in 1999. His first commission, a mural on the theme of transport for Spencer Street Station (removed for reconstruction of Southern Cross Station, 2004), was followed by a number of murals, including one on the theme of regional history for the new state offices at Geelong. Writers: Kerr, Joan Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 1915
Summary
Popular mid 20th century Melbourne painter, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker and teacher. Freedman was commissioned to paint a large mural of the history of aviation for the Australian War Memorial (1967-72).
Gender
Male
Died
1999
Age at death
84