| William Freed | |
| Birth Date: | 1902 |
| Death Date: | 1984 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Alliance Art School, Art Students League of New York, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art. |
| Movement: | American Modernist, WPA artist |
William Freed (1902–1984) was an American artist known for his role as a member of the American Modernist vanguard of the 1930s, his innovation as a central figure in Abstract Expressionism, and for his colorful abstract paintings.[1]
Freed's art education began at the Alliance Art School and continued at the Art Students League of New York and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art. Freed was also a WPA artist.
Freed's paintings are in major public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[2] Whitney Museum of American Art,[3] and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.[4]
Freed was married to the artist Lillian Orlowsky for 42 years starting in 1942 and until Freed's death in 1984.