Thomas Freeth
Thomas Freeth (1912–1994) was an English stained glass artist and art teacher active in the mid-twentieth-century in Kent. He was a local of Beckenham, Kent, and taught art there. During World War Two, Freeth served as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers.
Thomas Freeth
Freeth, Thomas · http: 142/media-142909/large.jpg This photograph Art.IWM ART LD 2645 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. · Public domain
- Born
- 1912 · Cheadle.
- Died
- 1994
- Occupation
- glass artist · painter · draftsperson · designer
- Education
- Royal College of Art
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Thomas Freeth (1912–1994) was an English stained glass artist and art teacher active in the mid-twentieth-century in Kent. He was a local of Beckenham, Kent, and taught art there. During World War Two, Freeth served as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers.
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Throughout the conflict, Freeth continued to paint and four of his war-time paintings were purchased by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Among Freeth's glass designs were the complete set of nave and tower windows for St. George's Church, Beckenham, which replaced windows destroyed in the war.
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A Liaison Officer arriving at the Hq of an Armoured Division image: the liaison officer reaches into a parked Dingo while a second soldier stands at his side holding a white board. They are in a clearing in a wood. In front of the jeep there is an armoured command vehicle parked under a suspended camouflage net.
Freeth, Thomas · http: 142/media-142910/large.jpg This photograph Art.IWM ART LD 3287 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Twenty Minutes Halt - Divisional Hq in convoy image: a night-time scene: three soldiers pause to drink mugs of tea, leaning on a window ledge, observed by the artist from inside the same building. Outside, several army trucks are parked on the side of a snow-covered road. Several soldiers gather near the truck in front to talk to motorcyclist who has pulled over.
Freeth, Thomas · http: 142/media-142911/large.jpg This photograph Art.IWM ART LD 4357 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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1912
Thomas Freeth born at Cheadle.
1994
Thomas Freeth died.
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Freeth, Thomas, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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