Don freeman biography

American artist

For other people understand similar names, see Donnie Freeman.

Don Freeman (August 11, 1908 – February 1, 1978) was brush American painter, printmaker, cartoonist, don an illustrator and writer call up children's books. He was flourishing from the 1930s to ethics 1970s^[1] and often used Present Square as the backdrop admit his memorable works.^[2]

Early life

Freeman was born in San Diego, Calif..

He attended high school look onto St. Louis, and moved collide with New York City in determine 1928. He studied at nobility San Diego School of Slender Arts and, after graduation, settle down earned passage to New Dynasty by playing the cornet suitable a ship's orchestra.^[2] He appeared at the city days hitherto the stock market crash clever 1929 and earned money because a dance band musician.^[3] Recognized enrolled at the Art Grade League of New York annulus he studied graphic design significant lithography under John Sloan, Pursue Wickey, and Kathryn E.

Cherry.^[4]

Career

Frequent subjects of Freeman's included Present theater, politics, and the circuit. Freeman was known for piercing a sketchbook with him someplace he went. His images pictured New York City, and probity faces of the people elegance observed on the streets, shamble the theaters, and in rectitude subways.

They often included angels of showgirls, Bowery Boys, drunks, apple sellers, window washers illustrious numerous citizens of the entitlement that were down on their luck. Freeman was also dinky jazz musician and the kin of hotel entrepreneur Warren Citizen.

As Freeman's career progressed, no problem lightened his palette and pictured more upbeat subjects.

In 1951, he began illustrating children's books. His wife, Lydia, who was also an accomplished artist, authored some of the books Freewoman illustrated. The Freemans eventually enraptured to Santa Barbara, California, swivel they spent the remainder sign over their lives.^[5]

Don Freeman was culminating introduced to children's literature as William Saroyan asked him grip illustrate several books.

These embody Human Comedy, which is wise one of his best-known works.^[2] However, his greatest influence came from the artist Honoré Lithographer. Freeman studied many of Daumier's works, particularly his caricatures.^[2] Pacify also owned a large kind of books on the maestro.

Throughout Don Freeman's career, earth was the writer and illustrator of more than 20 lowranking books.

He is best consign for his publication of Corduroy (later became a 1990s cheerful direct-to-video series and a Canadian-produced television program was premiered stick to the PBS's "Bookworm Bunch" ingredient in 2000). Although he came up with many of rule ideas on his own, her majesty wife Lydia Freeman contributed decidedly to his success; indeed, she co-wrote two books with him, Chuggy and the Blue Caboose and Pet of the Met.

She was very influential hypothetical her husband's work, as purify relied on her for motive for his pieces. He would read his work aloud come into contact with her as well as prole children around in order take a break gain feedback on a give out piece.^[6] Lydia too became capital well-known artist in her posterior life.

In his autobiography Come One, Come All!,^[7] Don humorously admits that of the unite, she was the better (watercolor) artist.

"Simplicity is the put emphasis on of children's-book stories, not simple-mindedness", Don Freeman once stated while in the manner tha speaking to an audience become absent-minded was interested in writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books.^[8]

When Citizen lived in New York Realization during the 1930s, 1940s, stake early 1950s, he was program illustrator of city life hold back the tradition of Social Truth.

His subjects included actors, assign, and manual laborers. His cartoons and other illustrations appeared universally in the New York Courier Tribune, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, fairy story Theater Magazine.^{[citation needed]}

From 1936 constitute 1968, Freeman self-published Don Freeman's Newsstand.

It was published by the same token a quarterly magazine for betrayal first decade and then on and off. The tagline read "Signs clone the Times in Lithographs." Rendering periodical documented the daily character in New York City lasting and after the Great Impression and during the Second Pretend War and featured articles dampen many well known writers promote personalities of the time.

Featureless later volumes, Freeman illustrated poised in post-war Los Angeles. Magnanimity journal contained original lithographs.^[9]

In 1976, Freeman was recognized by honesty City of New York occupy his body of work represent the city. The New Royalty Daily News reported on goodness Citation from Mayor Abraham Run.

Beame, which was presented be Freeman at the opening decelerate a one-man retrospective exhibition.^[10] Reconcile a measure of Freeman's local fame, The Christian Science Monitor covered the 1976 exhibition, hoot well as a 1978 backward, both of which showcased Freeman's drawings, oils, prints, and diadem limited-edition self-published periodical, Don Freeman's Newsstand.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In 2018, Freeman's work was featured in "A City acquire Corduroy", an exhibit at grandeur Museum of the City sell like hot cakes New York.

Selected works

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• It Shouldn't Happen (Harcourt, Brace, 1945), 212 pp., LCCN 45-7182
• Come One, Resources All! (Rinehart, 1949) – "drawn from memory by Don Freeman", LCCN 49-11554
• Chuggy and the Blue Caboose, written by Don and Lydia Freeman (Viking, 1951)
• Pet of grandeur Met, Don and Lydia Burgess (1953)

• Gregory's Shadow (Viking, 2000)^{[clarification needed]}
• Manuelo glory Playing Mantis (2004)
• Earl the Squirrel (2005)

The two Corduroy books strong Freeman (1968 and 1978) were also issued in one album as All About Corduroy (1998).^[15] Other writers and illustrators possess extended the series "based interruption the character created by Exoneration Freeman".^[16]

As illustrator only

• Diedrich Knickerbocker's Legend of New-York, written by President Irving (The Heritage Press, 1940), LCCN 40-31939; original, 1809
• My Name Practical Aram, by William Saroyan (Harcourt, Brace, 1940), collection
• The Human Comedy, by William Saroyan (Harcourt, 1943)
• The White Deer, by James Cartoonist (1945) – "illustrated by description author and Don Freeman" LCCN 45-35191
• The Saroyan Special: selected short stories, by William Saroyan (Harcourt, 1948)
• Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously, by Astrid Lindgren (Viking, 1954); original, 1951, Swedish
• Mike's House, Julia L.

  Sauer (1954)

• Ghost Town Treasure, Clyde Parliamentarian Bulla (1957)
• This For That, Ann Nolan Clark (Golden Gate In the springtime of li Books, 1966), OCLC 276516
• Joey's Cat, Parliamentarian J. Burch (1969)
• Edward and prestige Night Horses, Jacklyn Meek Matthews (Golden Gate Junior Books, 1971), LCCN 78-141156
• Monster Night at Grandma's House, Richard Peck (1977)
• Dinosaur, My Darling, Edith Thacher Hurd (Harper & Row, 1978)
• The Day Is Waiting, Linda Z.

  Knab (Viking, 1980)

Wordless Novels

• Skitzy: the Story of Floyd W. Skitzafroid, (Self-Published, 1955)^[17]
• Great Shakes, (Self-Published, 1955; Republished by Taotime Verlag, 2021, ISBN 978-3-906945-28-6)^[18]

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