William Freed (1902–1984) was an American artist known for his role as a member of the American Modernist vanguard of the 1930s, his innovation as a central figure in Abstract Expressionism, and for his colorful abstract paintings. Freed's art education began at the Alliance Art School and continued at the

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School of Fine Art. Freed was also a

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artist. Freed's paintings are in major public collections including the

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. Freed was married to the artist Lillian Orlowsky for 42 years starting in 1942 and until Freed's death in 1984.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freed, William 1902 births 20th-century American painters 1984 deaths Art Students League of New York alumni