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Burton Freund

was a sculptor, illustrator and painter. He worked with a multiplicity of mediums from wood to stone to bronze and everything in between. One thing that amazed me in my study of was the amount of meaningful work he was able to produce; he was a truly prolific artist. His style changed very little during his career. Freund’s work is stylistically considered to be Realist. He felt that the more abstract styles did not allow the average person to understand the work. Thus, he focused more on the “Realistic” portrayal of the social condition. He considered himself to be a political activist and a family man, his art work reflected his political and social convictions.
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that they deserved. For instance, “Lynch No More” is the wood carving of a Negro man with an executioner's noose around his neck; the noose has been severed about six inches up the rope. When the piece was finished in 1948 Burton wanted to show it in a traveling exhibition, but the exhibition director would not allow it to be shown on the southern portion of the tour. Freund withdrew all of his work from the show. This sculpture (Lynch No More) was exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute in 1959 almost ten years later , needless to say it was not received well. Also included in that exhibition was a piece called “Phi Beta red Kappa” , the story behind the piece is that of a young Negro man standing still holding luggage, he has around his neck a Phi Beta Kappa key, which is symbolic of a college graduate with honors and fraternity (PBK) brother. This piece suggested that the only work the young man could get was as a porter, otherwise known as a red-cap. This piece was also a wood ...

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Added: 8/9/2006 07:49:52 PM
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