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Arnold Friedman (February 23, 1879 – December 29, 1946) was an American Modernist painter.
He was born in
Life
He was born in Corona
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, Queens
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, worked for the Federal Art Project
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administrati ...
and studied at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage of Robert Henri
Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher.
As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against A ...
and Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller (March 11, 1876 – January 1, 1952) was an American painter, printmaker, and teacher.
Career
Born in Oneida, New York, he studied at the Art Students League of New York with Kenyon Cox, Henry Siddons Mowbray and with Willi ...
. In 1909, he took a six-month leave of absence from his job to study art in Paris
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. During this time, he was introduced to the styles of Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
and Cubism. He exhibited with many of the most avant-garde
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venues and dealers of the period, including the Society of Independent Artists
Society of Independent Artists was an association of American artists founded in 1916 and based in New York.
Background
Based on the French Société des Artistes Indépendants, the goal of the society was to hold annual exhibitions by avant-gard ...
.
Friedman painted the mural ''Rice Growing'' at the Kingstree, South Carolina post office with the help of New Deal funds in 1940. His painting ''Landscape'' has been on display at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York. He also competed in the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
Art co ...
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References
Further reading
* 1879 births 1946 deaths Students of Robert Henri Modern painters People from Corona, Queens 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Painters from New York City Art Students League of New York alumni American muralists Section of Painting and Sculpture artists Olympic competitors in art competitions 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1870s-stub