Artist/Designer:
Robert Freimark
University of Toledo, studied with Hal Lotterman and Harvey Littleton.
Masters in Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art, studied with Eliel
Saarinen in architecture and Carl Milles in sculpture. Also studied
with Israel Abramofsky and Max Weber. One of the five founding members
of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, now the largest print society
in the world. Mr. Freimark was one of the first artists to actually
print in serigraphy—perhaps the first. The Boston Museum of
Fine Art presented an exhibition about 15 years ago pointing this
out. He made his first serigraph in 1948 which was a poster for a
boxing exhibition in Toledo, OH. At that time, there were no classes
and he was left to figure this out on his own. He later switched to
lithography, primarily, but has made prints in most of the media.
ONE-PERSON
EXHIBITIONS:
Rockefeller
Center (sponsor: Prang Crayon Co.), 1954
Des Moines Art
Center, 1959
Minneapolis
Institute of Art, 1960
North American
Cultural Institute, Mexico City, 1963
Santa Barbara
Museum of Art, CA, 1965
Exhibition "Fifty
States" toured Europe: Moravske Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia;
International People's College, Helsinger, Denmark; Galerie Alliance,
Copenhagen; vaerksted fur Grafisk Kunst, Hjorring, Denmark; Newton
Abbot School of Art, Ikon Gallery, Dartington Hall in Totnes, Centre
for American Studies at Exeter Universityall in England, Schiller
College, Bonnigheim, Germany.
"Fifty
States", official U.S. Bicentennial offering, in Amerika Hausen,
Germany.
Visitor's Center,
Yosemite National Park, 1985
Joslyn Center
for Arts, Torrance, CA, 1987
Triton Museum
of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 1990
Stara Radnice,
Brno and Strahov Kloster, National Palace, Prague, 1990
Galerie Katinae
(Studio of Corot), St. Ceneri le Gerei, France, 1992
Art Expo, NYC,
2000
Dakar Bienale,
Senegal, 2002
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Drawings
of 12 Countries," Chicago Art Institute, 1952
Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Art, Lambert Fund Prize, 1952
Brooklyn Print
Biennial, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Purchase Award, 1960
International
Watercolor Biennial, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1963
Olympic Games,
Moscow, American representative, 1980
Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris, "Enrichments of the Print Cabinet,"
1989
Boston Museum
of Fine Arts, "Screen Prints1930s-1960s", 1991
Hotel Cosima,
Tokyo, Japan, Installation: Tapestry and Paintings, 1994
Graphic Arts
International, Portland Art Museum, OR, Purchase Award, 1997
Japan Contemporary
Arts and Crafts, Tokyo Museum, Invited, 1995
National Works
on Paper, University of Hawaii, Hilo, 1996
International
Print Triennale, Krakow, Poland, 1997-98
Boston Print
Symposium, Harvard and Boston Museum, Invited, 1997
Museum of Arts
Downtown Los Angeles, 1997
Honolulu Academy
of Fine Arts, "Lithography After 200 Years," 1998
Mini-Print International,
Cadaques, Spain, circulating 1 year, 2002
Egyptian International
Print Triennale, Cairo, 2003
Dahlonega International
Film Festival, Atlanta, Freedom Award, 2003
Hungarian Multi-Cultural
Exhibition, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, 2004
