Oil paint on canvas
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-william-rothenstein-1874" aria-label="More by Sir William Rothenstein" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir William Rothenstein</a>
Barnett Freedman
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1943
actions: postures and motions
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
clothing and personal items
Freedman, Barnett
hands clasped
individuals: male
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
spectacles
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
26 May 2017 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
26 May 2017 – 17 September 2017
2017-09-17
2017-05-26
Towner (Eastbourne, UK)
http://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/
7 October 2017 – 7 January 2018
2018-01-07
2017-10-07
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
17 March 2018 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
2018-03-17
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
2017-05-26
Eric Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship, English Artist Designers 1922-42
Loan-out
14 March 2020 – 1 November 2020
2020-11-01
14 March 2020 – 1 November 2020
2020-11-01
2020-03-14
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2020-03-14
The Life and Work of Barnett Freedman
Loan-out
Barnett Freedman
support: 756 × 508 mm
frame: 953 × 712 × 75 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1943
<p><b>N05553</b> BARNETT FREEDMAN 1925</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 30×20 (76×51).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1943.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Lefevre Galleries, July 1927 (10), as ‘Study of a Student’; Venice Biennale, 1928 (British Pavilion, 110); Goupil Gallery, May 1929 (59); <i>Anthology</i>, French Gallery, 1931 (35); <i>International Exhibition</i>, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, October–December 1934 (108), and San Francisco, 1935 (132); Leicester Galleries, October 1938 (12), and provincial tour; R.A., 1944 (553); Tate Gallery, May–June 1950 (54).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Ugo Nebbia, <i>La XVI Esposizione Internazionale d' Arte, Venezia</i>, Bergamo, 1928, pl.211; John Rothenstein, <i>The Tate Gallery</i>, 1958, p.108.</p>
<p>Barnett Freedman (1901–58), the painter and illustrator, was a student at the Royal College of Art when the artist was Principal (<i>Since Fifty</i>, 1939, p.24). This is one of several <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of students painted <i>c</i>. 1925–30. Another, dated 1928, is reproduced in the <i>Studio</i>, CI, 1931, facing p.231 (in colour).</p>
<p>For a preliminary <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> see <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rothenstein-study-for-the-portrait-of-barnett-freedman-t00569" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>T00569</span></a>.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-07T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults artist, painter arts and entertainment clothing and personal items Freedman, Barnett hands clasped individuals: male man named individuals objects people portraits sitting spectacles work and occupations