Harold Freedman


Harold Emanuel Freedman 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. 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.

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