Louise Arnstein Freedman

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Louise Arnstein Freedman
Born
Louise Arnstein

1915 (1915)
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedJune 5, 2001(2001-06-05) (aged 85–86)
NationalityAmerican
EducationVassar College
Known forPrintmaking
Spouse(s)Maurice Freedman

Louise Arnstein Freedman (1915 - 2001) was an American artist, known for illustration, lithography and serigraphy.

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Biography

Freedman was born in 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Vassar College in 1937 where she learned the technique of lithography from Harry Sternberg. and went on to study at the Art Students League of New York. She also studied at The New School, Teachers College, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University. [1] [2]

She was a founding member of the National Serigraph Society. [1] She was included in the 1947 and 1951 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society. [3] [4]

Freedman exhibited her work at the Brooklyn Museum, the Hudson River Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [2]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art. [5] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [1] She was married to fellow artist Maurice Freedman (1904-1985). [6]

Freedman died on June 5, 2001. [6]

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  4. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1951). "National Serigraph Society Exhibition, April 1–May 2, 1951 [Checklist]". The Portal to Texas History. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. "Louise Arnstein Freedman". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Paid Notice: Deaths Freedman, Louise Arnstein". The New York Times. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2020.