Mark Freeman

Mark Freeman (September 27, 1908 – February 6, 2003) 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 (by Will Barnet) 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 (who died before him) were married for 67 years. They had two sons and seven grandchildren. 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 Honorary Life President, Audubon Artists Honorary Life President, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic Associate Member, National Academy of Design (A.N.A.)

Selected exhibitions 1968, 1969 Institute of Arts and Letters 80 American Prints, State Dept. Traveling Exhibition Europe and North Africa International Biennials of Color Lithography 1951, 1953, 1955 Cincinnati Museum of Art 1964 (solo exhibition) Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY 15 Artists of the Region, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY New Print Techniques, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Printmakers of Long Island, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY South Fork Artists, from Childe Hassam to Jackson Pollock Four Printmakers, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY 1990 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI 1990 Bergen Art Museum, Paramus, NJ 1991 Elliot Art Museum, Stuart, FL

Represented in permanent collections Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City British Museum, London, England Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City National Academy of Design, NY Brooklyn Museum, NY Queens Museum of Art, NY Museum of the City of New York Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Hengeloose Kunstzaal, the Netherlands Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C. Butler Institute of American Art, OH Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY Norfolk Art Museum, VA Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL Fort Wayne Art Museum, Indiana Holyoke Art Museum, MA Springfield Art Museum, MA Boston Library, Boston, MA Wolfson Foundation, Miami, FL Slater Art Museum, CT Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY Lotus Club, NY Wichita Art Museum, Kansas St. Vincent's College, PA New Britain Museum of American Art, CT