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THE KENNETH M. FREEMAN LEGACY EXHIBITION - An Artist at Work
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Welcome Media Artist Ken Freeman A Jewish Cowboy from Chicago - The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Exhibition -World Premiere at Booth Western Art Museum January - May 2010
A re-creation of Ken Freeman's studio is the centerpiece of the Booth Museum Exhibition ► The links on the left will provide more information.
Bonnie Adams, the curator of the Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy, is awarded Ken's Lifetime Achievement Award from Western Artists of America President Ed Holmes. Western Artists of America Presents Lifetime Achievement Award Click here to read the presentation of Ken's Lifetime Achievement Award from Western Artists of America. Click here for high resolution image of the award. ▼ Interview with Jeff Donaldson, Curator of the Booth Museum
World Premiere Museum Art Exhibition in Atlanta Area "You don't have to leave the South to visit the West." 1.04.2010 - Full Press Release Here Artist Ken Freeman always called himself a "Jewish Cowboy." The world premiere of the Kenneth M. Freeman Artist at Work opens at the Booth Western Art Museum in January 2010. The exhibition consists of fifty (50) oil paintings and sculptures that feature working cowboys and cowgirls, rodeo heroes, Native American elders & children, mountain men, Western landscapes, and Buffalo Soldiers. - More - Artist Ken Freeman: A Jewish Cowboy from Chicago - The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Exhibition - World Premiere at Booth Western Art Museum January - May 2010 12.9.2009 - Full Press Release Here For artist Kenneth M. Freeman, the cowboy hat and boots was not a gimmick. Neither was his Arizona attitude. Ken Freeman may have grown up in a traditional Jewish home in Chicago, Illinois but make no mistake - he was a cowboy. His early career as an artist included illustrations for books by Louis L'Amour and Will James and culminated with compelling portraits of cowboys, Native American elders and children, mountain men, Buffalo Soldiers, western landscapes and rodeo heroes. The Booth Western Art Museum, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, hosts the world premiere of the Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Exhibition - Artist at Work opening on January 16, 2010. The exhibit continues through May 2, 2010 in the newly created Special Exhibition Gallery. 11.12.2009 - Full Press Release Here The Booth Museum Will Premiere Ken Freeman Art Exhibition - The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Exhibition - ?Artist at Work? The Booth Western Art Museum, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, premieres the Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Exhibition - Artist at Work on January 16, 2010. The exhibition consists of fifty (50) oil paintings and sculptures that feature working cowboys and cowgirls, rodeo heroes, Native American elders and children, mountain men, Western landscapes, Buffalo Soldiers and more. The exhibition also highlights a number of educational exhibits that include a re-creation of Ken Freeman's studio complete with easel and artifacts, a section on Ken Freeman, the illustrator, showcasing a display of book covers and posters including Fallon by Louis L'Amour, and a special section on the Buffalo Soldiers (http://www.9thcavalry.com).
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Click on the image above to see the Museum Book in full screen! Totally Online!
View this video to see the Artist at Work Exhibition at the Booth Museum. Approved Quotes: "The Kenneth Freeman Legacy Exhibition represents a true working artist," said Seth Hopkins, executive director of the Booth Western Art Museum. "The exhibition shows the artist at work - as an illustrator, sculptor, and painter. The Booth Museum has two of Ken's paintings in our permanent collection." This will also be the first temporary exhibition at the Booth Museum since the opening of our new 40,000 sq. ft. expansion, completed in October, 2009,? added Hopkins. "We now house the largest permanent exhibition space for Western art in the country. We say: You don?t have to leave the South to visit the West." "Ken sketched on the canvas or board with pencil and then did a full value, burnt umber painting where he worked out all the values. When the burnt umber was dry, he laid down the color," added curator Bonnie Adams. "This was the style of the old masters and members of the press dubbed Ken Freeman The Rembrandt of the Rodeo." "He was a man you could never forget. His enthusiasm for life and art was contagious. Of all the artists from the Academy I've met over the years, Ken really stood out as one of a kind," said Aron Gagliardo of the American Academy of Art. "Kens old masters' technique was very time consuming but the outcome is extraordinary. It is the only way to achieve the depth of colors and warm layers of content that will pass the test of time. This painting technique will last for hundreds of years," said Edward Holmes, president of Western Artists of America whose organization is presenting Adams with Freeman's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Click on the links below to see some great videos that remember Ken Freeman. Ray Herndon, Singer/Songwriter Mary Brown, Festival of the West
Kenneth M. Freeman - One Man Show - Milan, Italy
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