Maurice Freed
\nArtist\/ Painter, Illustrator
\nLast residence: 633 Stetson Road, Elkins Park, PA 19117<\/p>\n
EDUCATION:
\n1930 – 1933
\nPhiladelphia College of Art
\n[Teacher: Gertrude Schell]
\n1932
\nCape School of Art, Provincetown MA
\n[Teachers: Henry Henschy, Provincetown, MA; Morris Davidson,
\nNew York, NY; Albert Alcalay, Boston, MA]<\/p>\n
EMPLOYMENT:
\n1934 – 1935
\nArt Director: Esquire Magazine
\n1933 – 1981
\nContributor: New Yorker, Fortune, Holiday, Stage,
\nSaturday Morning Post
\n1948 – 1960
\nArtist\/ Owner: Freed Studios, Inc.
\n1965 – 1981
\nTaught drawing and painting:
\nGraphic Sketch Club (Fleisher Memorial)
\nCheltenham High Adult School
\nPrivate<\/p>\n
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
\n1947 Cheltenham Art Centre (Phila.,PA)
\n1957 YMHA Galleries (Phila.,PA)
\n1961 Galerie la Boutique d’Art (Nice, France)
\n1962 Newman Galleries (Phila.,PA)
\n1965 Woodmere Art Gallery (Phila.,PA)
\n1967 Philadelphia Art Alliance (Phila.,PA)
\n1971 Woodmere Art Gallery (Phila.,PA)
\n1976 Newman Galleries (Phila.,PA)
\n1982 Philadelphia Art Alliance (Retrospective) (Phila.,PA)<\/p>\n
GROUP SHOWS: Partial list: (national)
\nPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Phila.,PA)
\nButler Institute (Youngstown, OH)
\nChicago Art Institute (Chicago, IL)
\nPhiladelphia Museum of Art (Phila.,PA)<\/p>\n
AWARDS:
\nPhiladelphia Sketch Club
\nPhiladelphia Water Color Club
\nAbington Art Center
\nOld York Road Art Guild 28th Anniversary Exhibition
\nIrma Rosenau Prize Painting
\nWoodmere Art Gallery (1981)<\/p>\n
COLLECTIONS: (Public and Private)
\nCalifornia, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island;
\nLondon, England; Cannes, Nice, Paris, Vence, France<\/p>\n
FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS:
\n1962 \u201cMaurice Freed.\u201d by Henry Pitz in The American Artist
\n1961 L’Information Artistique, Paris<\/p>\n
PRO BONO (dates approximate)
\n1957 – 1960
\nPresident, Alumni Association of the Philadelphia
\nMuseum College of Art
\n1964 – 1968
\nPresident, Philadelphia\u2019s Artist\u2019s Equity Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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