Harold Freedman








Harold Emanuel Freedman (21 May 1915 – 16 July 1999) was an artist from Victoria, Australia renowned for his work in public murals.




Contents






  • 1 Information


  • 2 Collections


  • 3 Notable works and achievements


  • 4 References





Information


Harold Freedman received an education at the Melbourne Technical College from 1929 to 1935. In 1936 he worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist. During World War II, Freedman enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force and ended up being a war artist attached to the Royal Australian Air Force Historical War Records Section, along with Eric Thake and Max Newton. He was able to work as a war artist in 1944 and 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.[1] His work also featured on magazine covers like New Idea magazine in the 1940s.



Collections


Collections include:



  • Ballarat Art Gallery


  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra


  • RAAF Museum, Point Cook



Notable works and achievements




  • Australian War Memorial (History of Military Aviation murals)


  • Melbourne Airport's international terminal (1971 - History of Flight - variously-sized paintings with wing-like sculptural surrounds by Geoffrey Wilkinson)

  • State Artist of Victoria (1972); the only person ever so honoured[2]


  • Spencer Street station (Cavalcade of Transport mural)


  • Geelong Government Offices (Regional History of Geelong mosaic)

  • Eastern Hill Fire Brigade Headquarters (The Legend of Fire mosaic)


  • Waverley Park (1986) (VFL Legends mosaic)


  • Flemington Racecourse (1988) (History of Australian Thoroughbred Racing murals)


  • Medal of the Order of Australia (1989)[3]



References





  1. ^ "Flying Officer Harold Freedman". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 21 August 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Christopher Allen, "Missing in Action", Weekend Australian, 6-7 May 2017, Review, p. 10


  3. ^ It's an Honour. Retrieved 3 January 2019












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