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Biography
German painter, sculptor, stained glass designer and writer, Freudlich studied History of Art in Berlin and Munich. After a visit to Florence (1905-06), he became interested in sculpture and, in 1908-09 he met Picasso, Braque and Gris during a stay in Paris, who influenced his early works. In 1918, he moved to Paris where he stayed until 1924 and was a founder member of the Novembergruppe. In 1930, he joined the Cercle et Carré group and, from 1931, was a member of the Abstraction-Création group. This was also in Paris, where he opened his own academy. In 1924, he established himself as a painter of stained glass in France and achieved some success as one of the abstract painters who contributed most to the Paris Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, together with Kandinsky, Mondrian, Robert and Sonia Delaunay and Frantisek Kupka. Nevertheless, in Germany his work was condemned by the Nazis. Arrested and deported in 1940, Freundlich died some years later in a concentration camp, thus becoming one more victim of the holocaust.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
Erich Kahn - Forgotten Generation Jewish Survivor German Expressionist Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 05-05-2005 ~ 09-10-2005
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Collecção Berardo Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Portugal 06-03-2002 ~ 16-06-2002
Amadeo de Souza Cardoso Avant-Garde Dialogues Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian /CAMJAP, Portugal 15-11-2006 ~ 15-01-2007
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva ISBN 9728467192
Erich Kahn - Forgotten Generation Jewish Survivor German Expressionist , 2005 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729903018
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