Erik Freyman

Art Brokerage: Erik Freyman American Artist and Russian Born: b.1932. Erik Freyman brings a practical sensibility to the stylish era of the 1930's and high art of the 1950's style. He had distilled from these two periods an intriguing style that captures the aura of glamour and prosperity. He gives us a bold, straight-forward presentation of elegant and sensual figures who inhabit a sophisticated urban milieu. Posed in settings that are social or public, his images are alternately elegant, humorous, secretive, mysterious, interactive or aloof; they are distinctively urban and seductive. Freyman's masterful use of airbrush technique has enabled him to create limited editions in which each piece is, in fact, unique. Produced in multiples that are signed and numbered, each is individually hand produced by the artist. This technique has enabled variations within each edition of certain background patterns and textures, adding to their uniqueness. Freyman's work acknowledges the Cubist influences that inspired much of the Art Deco period of the 1930's. Flat planes, softly modulating into a gracefully articulated balance of crisp lines and fluid contours, set the characteristic style of the work. A soft palette of greys and pinks is a conscious understatement to the boldly drawn forms, and thus, subtle colors in Freyman's work become a strong dynamic to his overall composition. Although over the years Freyman has expanded into working with watercolors and includes bold colors in his pallette, his style and composition are still distinctively Freyman. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.