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.