Don Freeman





Don Freeman

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born
in San Diego, California, The United States
August 11, 1908

died
January 01, 1978

gender
male

website

genre

influences
Honoré Daumier


About this author

Don Freeman was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist, children's book author, and illustrator. He was born in San Diego, California, attended high school in Missouri, and later moved to New York City where he studied etching with John Sloan.
Frequent subjects included Broadway theatre, politics, and the circus. He was also a jazz musician, and the brother of circus entrepreneur Randy Freeman.



Average rating: 4.23 · 108,741 ratings · 1,635 reviews · 124 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
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