Bradford Freeman (1839-1875)
Little is known about the artist Bradford Freeman. During
the 1860 Boston census, he was 21 years old and living with his parents and sister in
Boston. Consistent with the few paintings he is known to have painted, he
died at an early age in 1875. He exhibited with Benjamin Champney
(1817-1907) as evidenced by the following excerpt (pictured)
from the Boston Daily Evening Transcript
of Thursday, April 23, 1868: "Champney is busy getting pictures ready for his sale
next week, in conjunction with Bricher, Johnston, and Freeman."
He died in Boston in March, 1875 of dropsy.
Freeman painted or exhibited the following paintings:
Apennines, Lake Como
Catelogue #304. Northwestern Fair, Chicago, 1865.In the Woods
Exhibited at the Boston Atheneum, 1862, second exhibition of the year.Lake Winnepesaukee [sic]
Exhibited at the Boston Atheneum, 1858, second exhibition of the year, 32nd exhibition, #73.Mount Washington and North Conway
Oil on canvas, S/L/L BRADFORD FREEMAN, c. 1868, 24" x 36".Rocks at Nahant
Opera House Art Association, Chicago, June 1866.Summer Afternoon
Exhibited at the Boston Atheneum, 1861, #321.
Signature Examples
References
Independent research by the authors