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Arnold Friedman
A Life Dedicated to the Language of Paint: Arnold Friedman Arnold Friedman, born in Corona, Queens, in 1879, was a quietly determined figure who navigated a dual existence for much of his life—that of a dedicated postal worker and an increasingly ambitious modernist painter. His story is one of perseverance, artistic exploration undertaken outside the conventional structures of the art world, and a late-in-life recognition that cemente
d his place within American Modernism. Friedman wasn’t born into privilege or artistic lineage; rather, he cultivated his passion through diligent study and a relentless pursuit of visual expression. He initially enrolled at City College with aspirations of becoming a lawyer, but quickly found himself drawn to the more compelling world of art, abandoning his legal studies in 1891 to take a position with the U.S. Postal Service—a job th…