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      Jack Freeman

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      Jack Freeman (1938-2014)


       

       


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      • Jack Freeman was a San Francisco painter.  He studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, with Oskar Kokoschka’s School of Vision in Austria, and received his BFA & MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 1960s.  Freeman initially adopted an Abstract Expressionist style during this early period, creating several of the large-scale abstracts found in the Lost Art Collection.  Freeman eventually came to favor Post-Impressionism as a way “to resolve volume and space, color combinations and transitions, light and movement--things that depict life.”  He enjoyed painting outdoors and often chose locales off the beaten-path, resulting in intimate San Francisco and Bay Area scenes.

        Jack Freeman was born July 27, 1938 in Richmond, Virginia.  He was creative from an early age and interested in art as a child.  His family recalls him painting on the frosted glass window panes during the winter; mixing watercolors with the frost to create his temporary palette.  Jack’s mother was a painter before beginning a family, and his father’s insurance investigation work moved the family all around the U.S., although Jack spent most of his childhood in Atlanta with his brother Robby and sister Lane.  He studied art and even took an anatomy course at a local medical school to develop his understanding of the figure.

        In the 1950s-60s, Freeman studied Art at the College of William and Mary in Richmond and at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art.  Feeling the itch to travel, Freeman went to Vienna to study with Oskar Kokoschka’s School of Vision in 1962.  He won third prize in a student competition (“a big morale booster”) which encouraged him to move to London.  While in London, Freeman met famed sculptor Henry Moore who encouraged him to “stick to painting, because this isn’t the Renaissance anymore.  You’re lucky if you can do one thing well.”  Freeman’s time in Europe whet his appetite for travel, food & wine, and learning foreign languages- passions he maintained throughout his life.

        He returned to the States and settled in San Francisco in 1964 to study at the San Francisco Art Institute.  Freeman earned his BFA and MFA at SFAI while living a true bohemian college lifestyle “going to jazz clubs and bars all night and sleeping and making abstract paintings all day.”  He soon overhauled all that and began to examine himself and his work, finding that he had little to do with the contemporary art scene.  Freeman preferred more traditional painting styles, and although he exhibited frequently, felt that his work was more rooted in Modernism than current styles and contemporary painting trends.

        Freeman’s early SFAI work shows the influence of the 1950s Bay Area Figurative Movement and 1960s Abstract Expressionism, while his mature work takes notes from a mixture of Expressionism and Impressionism “with some English Realism thrown in.”  A dedicated plein air painter, Freeman loved scouting different SF neighborhoods for new spots to paint.  Many of the scenes in his oeuvre of cityscapes are recognizable street corners or aerial views of San Francisco and surrounding locales.  He prefered to work with oil paints so that he could touch up the paintings when he returned to his studio, “while the paint is still wet and the idea is still fresh.”

        Freeman kept a studio in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, just a few blocks from Lost Art Salon, for nearly forty-five years.  His expansive space allowed him the luxury of storing his massive collection of canvas paintings and scores of sketchbooks, much of which is included in the Lost Art Collection. He loved to cook, spoke Italian and French, and played bones, spoons, and drums with the local Babar Jug Band which originated at the Mission’s Cafe Babar.  Freeman exhibited consistently in the Bay Area for nearly thirty years; at universities, alternative spaces, and galleries such as SOMAR, which he co-founded and curated.  Jack and his wife Nancy traveled throughout Europe, especially France and Italy, where Jack often painted and taught.

        He returned to Austria in 1983 to head the American section at the (New) School of Vision, headed by Rudolph Kortokraks, Kokoschka’s successor and taught at the Palo Alto Art Club from 1973-77.  Freeman remained an involved community member in his neighborhood of Noe Valley, with an active social and artistic life.  He passed away on July 18, 2014.

        Lost Art Salon would like to thank Robby & Nancy Freeman and Anna Waclawiczek for their hard work and help in bringing Jack’s collections to us.

         

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      SF Backyard Scene<br>20th Century Oil<br><br>#C0452
      SF Backyard Scene
      20th Century Oil

      #C0452
      Jack Freeman $785
      <I>Rocca Di Cerere</I> <br>2000 Oil <br><br>#C1178
      Rocca Di Cerere
      2000 Oil

      #C1178
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,285
      Sold
      Expressionst San Francisco Landscape <br>2004 Oil<br><br>#A9716
      Expressionst San Francisco Landscape
      2004 Oil

      #A9716
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,275
      Sold
      Expressionist Bay Area Landscape <br>2007 Oil <br><br>#C0637
      Expressionist Bay Area Landscape
      2007 Oil

      #C0637
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,265
      Sold
      Expressionist California Hillside <br>2003 Oil <br><br>#C0621
      Expressionist California Hillside
      2003 Oil

      #C0621
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,895
      Sold
      Modernist Figure Side View <br>1976 Ink Wash <br><br>#71916
      Modernist Figure Side View
      1976 Ink Wash

      #71916
      Jack Freeman Sold $995
      Sold
      Modernist Figure Drawing <br>1976 Ink Wash <br><br>#94988
      Modernist Figure Drawing
      1976 Ink Wash

      #94988
      Jack Freeman Sold $995
      Sold
      Abstract Floral Still LIfe <br>20th Century Charcoal <br><br>#91463
      Abstract Floral Still LIfe
      20th Century Charcoal

      #91463
      Jack Freeman $445
      Bold Seated Male Nude <br> 20th Century Pastel <br><br>#A5027
      Bold Seated Male Nude
      20th Century Pastel

      #A5027
      Jack Freeman $285
      Quiet Afternoon Scene <br>20th Century Pastel <br><br>#A5025
      Quiet Afternoon Scene
      20th Century Pastel

      #A5025
      Jack Freeman $265
      Seated Monochromatic Female Nude <br>1972 Charcoal <br><br>#86677
      Seated Monochromatic Female Nude
      1972 Charcoal

      #86677
      Jack Freeman $435
      Kneeling Female Nude <br>20th Century Graphite <br><br>#A4824
      Kneeling Female Nude
      20th Century Graphite

      #A4824
      Jack Freeman $345
      Monochromatic Reclined Female Nude <br>Mid-Century Graphite <br><br>#A4823
      Monochromatic Reclined Female Nude
      Mid-Century Graphite

      #A4823
      Jack Freeman Sold $375
      Sold
      Large-Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting <br>1960-70s Mixed Media on Paper <br><br>#C0191
      Large-Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting
      1960-70s Mixed Media on Paper

      #C0191
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,235
      Sold
      <i>Beale St.</i> <br>1992 Oil <br><br>#C0126
      Beale St.
      1992 Oil

      #C0126
      Jack Freeman Sold $2,450
      Sold
      <i>Laura Hass</i> <br>1977 Oil <br><br>#C0128
      Laura Hass
      1977 Oil

      #C0128
      Jack Freeman Sold $3,850
      Sold
      <i>Red Knoll</i> <br>2011 Oil<br><br>#B6411
      Red Knoll
      2011 Oil

      #B6411
      Jack Freeman Sold $895
      Sold
      Expressionist California Landscape <br>2002 OIl <br><br>#C0015
      Expressionist California Landscape
      2002 OIl

      #C0015
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,250
      Sold
      <i>Rincon Hill, SF CA</i> <br>1972 Oil <br><br>#C0016
      Rincon Hill, SF CA
      1972 Oil

      #C0016
      Jack Freeman $2,450
      Expressionist California Landscape <br>2001 Oil <br><br>#B7535
      Expressionist California Landscape
      2001 Oil

      #B7535
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,250
      Sold
      San Francisco Victorian Homes <br>1999 Oil <br><br>#B2789
      San Francisco Victorian Homes
      1999 Oil

      #B2789
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,650
      Sold
      <i>Oakland Masters Regatta</i> <br>1989 Oil <br><br>#B6520
      Oakland Masters Regatta
      1989 Oil

      #B6520
      Jack Freeman Sold $975
      Sold
      Expressionist Garden Scene <br>2001 Oil <br><br>#B6522
      Expressionist Garden Scene
      2001 Oil

      #B6522
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,250
      Sold
      <i>Self Portrait</i> <br>1997 Oil <br><br>#B6342
      Self Portrait
      1997 Oil

      #B6342
      Jack Freeman $1,450
      <i>Red Knoll</i> <br>2011 Oil<br><br>#B6411
      Red Knoll
      2011 Oil

      #B6411
      Jack Freeman Sold $895
      Sold
      Chicken & Peppers Still Life <br>20th Century Oil <br><br>#B6314
      Chicken & Peppers Still Life
      20th Century Oil

      #B6314
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,650
      Sold
      <i>Rodez</i> <br>2003 Oil <br><br>#B6315
      Rodez
      2003 Oil

      #B6315
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,175
      Sold
      Warm Expressionist Landscape <br>2000s Oil <br><br>#B2815
      Warm Expressionist Landscape
      2000s Oil

      #B2815
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,495
      Sold
      <i>Falaise (Cliff)</i> <br>2003 Oil <br><br>#B6163
      Falaise (Cliff)
      2003 Oil

      #B6163
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,285
      Sold
      Colorful Abstrcted Standing Figure <br>1962 Watercolor<br><br>#B5673
      Colorful Abstrcted Standing Figure
      1962 Watercolor

      #B5673
      Jack Freeman Sold $895
      Sold
      <i>Dillon Beach, Tomales</i> <br>1977 Oil <br><br>#B5517
      Dillon Beach, Tomales
      1977 Oil

      #B5517
      Jack Freeman Sold $4,850
      Sold
      Expressionist Tree Lined Road <br>Late 20th Century Oil <br><br>#A9517
      Expressionist Tree Lined Road
      Late 20th Century Oil

      #A9517
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,575
      Sold
      Expressionist San Francisco Scene <br>2004 Oil <br><br>#B2802
      Expressionist San Francisco Scene
      2004 Oil

      #B2802
      Jack Freeman Sold $795
      Sold
      Rocky Coast <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4351
      Rocky Coast
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4351
      Jack Freeman Sold $785
      Sold
      Expressionist View of San Francisco Bay <br>2008 Oil <br><br>#B2794
      Expressionist View of San Francisco Bay
      2008 Oil

      #B2794
      Jack Freeman Sold $1,175
      Sold
      <i>Daveport, CA</i> <br>1988 Oil <br><br>#B2796
      Daveport, CA
      1988 Oil

      #B2796
      Jack Freeman Sold $850
      Sold
      Rocky California Coast <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4354
      Rocky California Coast
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4354
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Pacific View <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4355
      Pacific View
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4355
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Monochromatic 1970s Ink Wash Abstracted Seascape <br><br>#B4325
      Monochromatic 1970s Ink Wash Abstracted Seascape

      #B4325
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Monochrome Coastal Rocks & Waves <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4341
      Monochrome Coastal Rocks & Waves
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4341
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Abstracted Pacifica Coast <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4342
      Abstracted Pacifica Coast
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4342
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      1970s Ink Wash Abstracted Waves <br><br>#B4344
      1970s Ink Wash Abstracted Waves

      #B4344
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Waves in Abstraction <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4346
      Waves in Abstraction
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4346
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Loose California Abstract <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4347
      Loose California Abstract
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4347
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Abstract by the Bay <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4348
      Abstract by the Bay
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4348
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Monochrome Waves <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4349
      Monochrome Waves
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4349
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Coastal Abstract <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4350
      Coastal Abstract
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4350
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
      Monochrome Seascape <br>1970s Ink Wash <br><br>#B4352
      Monochrome Seascape
      1970s Ink Wash

      #B4352
      Jack Freeman Sold $350
      Sold
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