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| login id: | ValerieRush |
| Birth Place: | Bronx, New York |
| Birthdate: | 3.7.1918 |
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| ARTIST STATEMENT |
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Bernard Friendlich, just turned 90 years old in March 2008, describes his body of work over the last seven decades, as “poetic realism.”
Bernard subscribes to a philosophy on art, articulated by the philosopher Erich Fromm: “All great art is, by its very essence, in conflict with the society with which it coexists. It expresses the truth about existence, regardless of whether... <MORE> |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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| Discovering his talent in his early teens, Bernard's drawings were imaginative and his watercolors showed remarkable beauty. Graduating high school in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression, he was unable to find the resources to enable him to take advantage of an art scholarship to Long Island University. Instead, he found employment in several textile design studios. He proved so innovative ... <MORE> |
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