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Beaches and Harbour, Normandy 1944
Freedman worked as a signwriter and a stonemason's and architect's assistant before studying art. Between 1930 and 1940 he was instructor in still life at the Royal College of art and, from 1940-46, he served as an official war artist while a captain in the Royal Marines. Although a figurative artist he is best known for his revival of colour lithography and book illustration.
This is a working drawing for a large oil painting of the Mulberry artificial harbour at Arromanches, Normandy, now in the Imperial War Museum.
This is a working drawing for a large oil painting of the Mulberry artificial harbour at Arromanches, Normandy, now in the Imperial War Museum.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAJ2872 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Freedman, Barnett |
| Places: | Normandy |
| Date made: | 1944 |
| People: | Freedman, Barnett |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947 |
| Measurements: | Image: 735 x 1440 mm; Frame: 1010 x 1740 mm |