Harold Freedman

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

Information

Harold Freedman received an education at the Melbourne Technical College from 1929 to 1935. In the year of 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 that was 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 from the year of 1944 to 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)
• 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)
• Order of Australia medal (1989)

References