Mark Freeman (artist)


Mark Freeman was an Austrian-born American artist, "whose prints and paintings from the 1930s chronicle a seminal period of New York City's architectural growth in a style that has been described as a beautiful blend of the poetic and historical."

Biography

Freeman was born in 1908 in Zaleszczyki, Austria, and came to New York City in January 1923.
Freeman had a BA from Columbia College, a Bachelor of Architecture from Columbia University, a Master of Architecture from Columbia, and a Diploma of Art and Archaeology from the Sorbonne in Paris. He also studied at the National Academy of Design.
He and his wife Polly Allen were married for 67 years. They had two sons and seven grandchildren. Freeman died in 2003 in New York City.

Administrative art offices

  • 1972-1988 President, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic
  • 1975-1977 President, American Society of Contemporary Artists
  • 1975-1976 President, League of Present Day Artists
  • 1977-1979 President, Audubon Artists
  • 1976-1983 Vice-President, New York City Artists Equity Association
  • 1976-1983 Vice-President, Artists Welfare Fund
  • 1976-1992 Chairman, Art Committee, Lotos Club, New York
  • 1978-1982 Advisory Board, "Who's Who in American Art"
  • 1978-1983 Editor, New York City Artists Equity Newsletter
  • 1978-1983 Coordinator, Artists Welfare Fund
  • 1983-1988 Consultant, New York City Artists Equity
  • 1981-1988 Board of Trustees, Artists Fellowship
  • 1988-2003 Advisory Board, Artists Fellowship

Awards

Selected exhibitions

Represented in permanent collections