Burton Freund

Part I of Essay
was a sculptor, illustrator and painter. He worked with a multiplicity of mediums from wood to stone to bronze and everything in between. One thing that amazed me in my study of was the amount of meaningful work he was able to produce; he was a truly prolific artist. His ....

Part II of Essay
.... to be a communist sympathizer. As a result, several of his most moving and intense pieces did not receive the exposure or notoriety that they deserved. For instance, “Lynch No More” is the wood carving of a Negro man with an executioner's noose around his neck; the noose has been severed about six inches up the rope. When the piece was finished in 1948 Burton wanted to show it in a traveling exhibition, but the exhibition director would not allow it to be shown on the southern portion of the tour. Freund withdrew all of his work from the ....