Artist: John Middleton Freeman. (Charlottesville, VA c. 1919-2000).
More about the artist read in our eponymous Blog Post.
Title: Two artists in the Drawing Class.
Inscribed in graphite: Sketching at the 14th St. Drawing Class in the 1960's.
Dimensions: Sheet 13 1/2" x 12 1/4".
Date: 1960's.
Materials and Techniques: Ink/pen outline drawing on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Middleton Freeman Portfolio.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note:
- The Fourteenth Street School's continued advocacy of representational art influenced the 1960s development of Contemporary Realism. (Rebecca Seiferle).
- The term “Fourteenth Street School,” originating in the early 1950s, refers to a group of New York painters who, during the 1920s and ‘30s, continued the tradition established by the Ashcan School a generation earlier of realistically portraying everyday life. (Erik Brockett).