GEORGE FREUDENSTEIN
George Freudenstein. Article on Art Market Magazine. The GOLD LIST Special Edition #4. Top Contemporary Artists of Today!.
George Freudenstein was born in the United States. He began drawing and painting as a child, but received no formal advanced training in the arts. He graduated college as an accountant and pursued a business career, first in the United States, and then in Israel, to which he emigrated with his family. After a 30 year-long career as a financial executive, George finally returned to art.
His current work is in watercolor. Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s narrative style as well as work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, George’s work seeks to tell a story or capture a moment.
George is inspired by a variety of subjects for his paintings. His more recent paintings involve rendering “local color,” capturing settings and people at a unique moment or in situations that seek to express the atmosphere of the local setting. This work focuses on Israeli settings, generally in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, and specifically contains an evolving series of paintings of Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
George Freudenstein. Cheap Seats. (Bayit VeGan – Bet Hakerem) Watercolor. 72×60 cm
George Freudenstein. Article on Art Market Magazine. The GOLD LIST Special Edition #4. Top Contemporary Artists of Today!.
While George’s paintings display an array of day-to-day scenes of Israeli life in diverse locations, the subjects are not merely typical depiction of these locations. Instead, they attempt to celebrate those locations by serving up the inhabitants thereof in refreshing circumstances caught in moments that communicate in the local color of the venue. The colors, vivid in the way that only water colors can be, provide a current look at life in the land of Israel, across venues, cultural strata, and situations.
Over the last 6 years, George has participated in a variety of exhibitions with multiple artists. In addition, he has had
a solo exhibition in the Jerusalem Theater during April of 2017. His most recent exhibition was in the summer of 2018 at the Gallery on the Lake in Raanana as part of a group of 6 artists.
George Freudenstein. Together. (Makor Baruch). Watercolor. 57×69 cm
George Freudenstein. Inspecting Humanity. Watercolor. 36×56 cm
George’s work has been featured on the cover of Makor Rishon’s Shabbat Supplement on 7 different occasions over the past 3 years, as well as alongside certain articles within the paper. His current work is in watercolor. Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s narrative style as well as work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, George’s work seeks to tell a story or capture a moment.
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George Freudenstein. Stone Piano (Junction of Jaffa Road and Shlomzion HaMalka Street ). Watercolor. 55×44 cm
