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Recollections
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Elsie and Louis are now gone, but we can't let their memory fade. We
need to record our personal recollections of Elsie and Louis while
memories are reasonably fresh. Please take the time to record
everything you recall about Elsie and Louis - their personality,
character, art, methodology, philosophy. -
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Elsie
Bates Freund, termed a “Modern Pioneer” by Florida Craftsmen
Gallery, was born in 1912. She married the well known artist Louis
Freund in 1939. They spent many years in Florida and in Eureka
Springs, Arkansas. Elsie was a fine artist, working in paints,
watercolors, textiles and jewelry.
Our focus here is on Elsie’s jewelry. We have become truly
enamored with the beauty, complexity, and distinctiveness of her
work – all in the context of an extremely interesting period of
development in American art influences.
Our
objective, frankly, is to build a reference collection of her work
that will someday be displayed in a permanent manner in Eureka
Springs. To that end we hope to expand this website over time so
that it becomes the reference source on Elsie’s jewelry – including
archives displaying as many examples of her work as possible, and
importantly – gathering as much information as we can about Elsie
and her thoughts and influences related to her jewelry design and
construction.
This website is just beginning, so please excuse it’s “barebones”
nature. If there is a constituency out there that loves Elsie’s
jewelry as much as we do, then this website is bound to grow into a
glorious testament to her work!
So please feel free to start
sending us your photos and information on Elsie Freund jewelry - let
us know if the pieces are for sale (with an asking price) or if you
are willing to have them appear in our archive of her work. Just
email us at:
Info@ElsieFreund.com
See out latest addition to the site -
See our archive of Elsie's sketches
and notes Here!
Elsie at Auction!
