Bradford Freeman was listed in the 1860 Boston census as 21 years old giving his occupation as “artist”. At that time he was living with his parents and sister. He painted in both the Lakes Region and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. His known works make clear he was a proficient talent. Unfortunately, he died at an early age in 1875.
He exhibited with Benjamin Champney as evidenced by the following excerpt (pictured right) 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 (edema).
Freeman painted or exhibited the following paintings:
- After the Storm
Two children in a meadow with a rainbow in the sky. - Lake Winnepesaukee [sic]
Exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, 1858, second exhibition of the year, 32nd exhibition, #73. - Summer Afternoon
Exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, 1861, #321. - In the Woods
Exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, 1862, second exhibition of the year.
- Apennines, Lake Como
Catelogue #304. Northwestern Fair, Chicago, 1865. - Rocks at Nahant
Opera House Art Association, Chicago, June 1866. - Lake Winnipesaukee
Oil on canvas, S/D/L/L B Freeman / 1866 - Mount Chocorua and Squam Lake
Oil on canvas, S/D/L/L B. Freeman [in script] / 1866. - Mount Washington and North Conway
Oil on canvas, S/L/L BRADFORD FREEMAN, c. 1868, 24″ x 36″.
Signatures
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- 1866
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- 1866
References
Independent research by the authors