Comments on: Barnett Freedman, Artist & Illustrator

By: His greatgranddaughter

His greatgranddaughter — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:50:04 +0000

I am so proud of him and miss him very much even though he died before I was born xxx

By: Imogen Hull (Freedman)

Imogen Hull (Freedman) — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:16:31 +0000

Unfortunately I never got to meet Barnett, who was my Grandfather, as he died well before I was born. However, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this piece and I am extremely proud of his contribution to British art. Thank you for this great post.

By: Ros

Ros — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:30:00 +0000

Have just found this post – love everything about Barnett Freedman’s drawings, colour, design, typography. How funny to see the GPO advertisement asking people to telephone less, telegraph less (not sure about those full stops though)! How long is it since any advertisement asked its viewers to do less of anything?? What a foreign world is conjured up.

By: Achim

Achim — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:15:16 +0000

Fine story about a very fine Artist!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Joan B

Joan B — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:08:34 +0000

I don’t know that much about art but can tell these comprise a significant body of work.
Commercial yet aesthetically valuable. The more I look them, the better they get. The Dickens characterisations are brilliant and the painting of Nancy with it soft muted colours and poignancy is really very special. These are not caricatures.
The clown in the circus poster looks like a friendly maniac; a kindly presence in Pandemonium. I could blather on about them all.
In the 70s I squatted in Ranelagh Muse, Ealing, an eight minute walk from Ealing Studios, so that poster brought back memories.

By: Phil maxwell

Phil maxwell — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:06:49 +0000

Thanks for this. Wonderful artist. His advertising work is a joy to the eye compared to the bland images of today dominated by cgi.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:16:51 +0000

Didn’t know his name but his work is very familiar from my childhood. Wonderful stuff.

By: Annie S

Annie S — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:03:33 +0000

What an interesting man – I love the illustrations especially the Oliver Twist characters.
He definitely deserves a Blue Plaque.

By: Robert Brown

Robert Brown — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:46:35 +0000

Always associated in my mind with his wonderful illustrations for Walter de la Mare’s Anthologies “Behold, This Dreamer” and “Love”.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:28:39 +0000

Standing on a chair, applauding Barnett Freedman…….and feeling aghast that his abilities were ever mistakenly judged to be “insufficient”. Seriously?
A beautiful lyrical style, and dedication to beauty. Note the inclusion of the stylish characters woven into “Epsom Summer Meeting”; marrying typography and illustration. Well-done, sir.
And thanks to the Gentle Author for making the introductions.
Every day I learn something new here — and today’s discovery was especially welcome.