Harold Freedman

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

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Harold Freedman received an education at the Melbourne Technical College from 1929 to 1935. In 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 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 in 1944 and 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.^[1] His work also featured on magazine covers like New Idea magazine in the 1940s.

In his role as the State Artist of Victoria he created a number of wall murals and floor mosaics in public buildings.

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); the only person ever so honoured^[2]
• 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)
• Medal of the Order of Australia (1989)^[3]

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