John T. Freeman
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John Tatchell Freeman (1958–2022) was an artist and writer known for his printmaking, cartoons and paintings.[1]
Education[edit]
He was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris at age 16 and then studied painting at Bath Academy of Art (Corsham) 1976–77 and then at Chelsea School of Art 1977–80.[2]
Life and work[edit]
Moving from London to rural Byworth, West Sussex for a period gave rise to an exhibition of paintings at the National Trust's nearby Petworth House[citation needed] and a later book about his time there. The Guardian's William Gibson saw the Brixton artist's[vague] Three Disorientated Months as "funny, dark and wonderfully observed",[3] with Fortean Times's David Sutton reviewing it as "a sort of painterly Withnail and I."[4]
He collaborated with Jah Wobble and Deep Space in 2001 at the Tate Britain, British Library and Royal Festival Hall, South Bank retrospective exhibition and concerts The Tygers of Wrath celebrating the life of William Blake,[5] contributing to lectures with his own insights into Blake's etching techniques and psychology, running printing workshops and producing the concert poster.
His paintings and etchings illustrate poetry in publications by Pauline Stainer and texts by Frances Spalding[6] and he has contributed to album covers for Jah Wobble[7] and Corin Redgrave.
Teaching and trusteeships[edit]
He taught and lectured at the Royal Drawing School,[8] Tate Gallery, Hurtwood House[9] and West Dean College.[10]
He was a former Trustee of Creative Response,[11] established in Surrey in 1993 to help persons with mental health and or substance misuse issues through the provision of activities run by professional practising artists who share their creative practice.[12][not in citation given]
Collections[edit]
His etchings are in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum[13] in Oxford, Royal Festival Hall, London and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery[14] in Swansea.
Publications[edit]
- 20:20 1990-1994 AN ANTHOLOGY (1994) Making Waves
- I London, 1958-1984: Forty Etchings (1998) Falling Leaves ISBN 978-0952143642
- Descent to Byworth (2002) Falling Leaves, London ISBN 978 0952143666
- Portrait Drawing (2006) The Crowood Press Ltd ISBN 978 1861268549
- Freeman’s Grid (2012) ISBN 978 0957259706
Collaborative publications[edit]
- Thatcher - A Graphic Guide (1986) Ed Harriman and John Freeman Camden Press, ISBN0-948491-02-7 An illustrated life through 100 cartoons on Margaret Thatcher
- 6 etchings for Six Twentieth Century Poets (1991) Peter Dale with John Tatchell Freeman, Making Waves ISBN 978 0951129081
- 6 etchings for A Life Going On (1993) Falling Leaves
- 8 etchings for Eight Scandinavian Poets (1993) Pia Taforup and John Tatchell Freeman, Making Waves ISBN 978 1873918036 1873918036 Search this book on
. - etchings for Dictionary of British Art Volume VI: 20th Century Painters and Sculptors (1991) Frances Spalding pub. Antique Collector's Club ISBN 9781851491063 Search this book on .
- 9 drypoints for 'trane at the Ship (1995) Laurence James and John Tatchell Freeman, Making Waves, ISBN 978 1873918098 1873918098 Search this book on .
- 8 etchings for Dancing the Mysteries (1998) Pauline Stainer Poems, Falling Leaves
Cover artwork[edit]
- English Roots Music (2003) Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart, 309 Hertz Records
- De Profundis (2000) Corin Redgrave/Royal National Theatre production of Oscar Wilde's letter to Lord Alfred Douglas at HM Prison Reading; produced by Smart Pass CDSS0001
Reviews[edit]
- I London reviewed by Vanilla Beer in The Art Book Vol.6 Issue 3, June 1999 p.43/44 ISSN 1368 6267
- I London reviewed in Independent on Sunday 14.3.99, celebrating the strange, the forlorn and forgotten areas of the city through etchings with inspiration from Hogarth and Blake.
- I London A Romantic Revival by David Lee in Art Review, February 1999 p.63
- On the Town with Dick French on Freeman's Paris Workings in The Jackdaw Independent Views on the Visual Arts No 161. Jan/Feb 2022 p.8 ISSN 1474-3914
- Dick French remembers John Freeman in The Jackdaw Independent Views on the Visual Arts No 162. March/April 2022 p.8 ISSN 1474-3914
Works[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Jackdaw Independent View on the Visual Arts No. 161 Jan/Feb 2022
- ↑ The Jackdaw Independent Views on the Visual Arts No 162. March/April 2022
- ↑ William Gibson, review in "Pages for Pleasure", The Guardian, 28 June 2003.
- ↑ review in Fortean Times 171, June 2003, p. 63.
- ↑ Minckler, David. "The Tygers of Wrath, A Concert". Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly. 36 (3). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ Review John T. Freeman in The Art Book10, no. 3 (2003): 57-63 Blackwell Publishing[vague]
- ↑ Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart - English Roots Music, retrieved 2022-06-30
- ↑ artist's archive www.johntfreeman.com
- ↑ Sinclair Webster, "John T Freeman RIP" (obituary), Guildford Art Society website, March 2022. (This is unsigned, but its author is identified here.)
- ↑ Drawing for those who say they can’t with John T. Freeman - Part 1 (May 2020) West Dean College of Art and Conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_j8vbtnhqk
- ↑ "CREATIVE RESPONSE (ARTS) LIMITED - Charity 1096890". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ "Creative Response - Our History". www.creativeresponsearts.org. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ https://collections.ashmolean.org/collection/search/per_page/25/offset/25/sort_by/relevance/object/52966
- ↑ Death Shall Have No Dominion series (in memory of Freeman's mother who hailed from Ogmore Vale); accession numbers GV 1996.12.1 to GV 1996.12.8 (1996)
Further reading[edit]
- Drawing for those who say they can’t with John T. Freeman - Part 1 (May 2020) West Dean College of Art and Conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_j8vbtnhqk
- Drawing for those who say they can’t with John T. Freeman - Part 2 (June 2020) West Dean College of Art and Conservation
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