Freimark, Robert 1922-....

Robert Freimark was born January 27, 1922 in Doster, Michigan. After serving in the United States Navy from 1939 to 1946, Freimark enrolled in college and graduated in 1950 from the University of Toledo, Ohio with a bachelor's degree in creative writing, as well as from the Toledo Museum of Art with a major in painting. While establishing himself as an artist, Freimark began an extensive teaching career in the early 1950s, including teaching at the Toledo Museum of Art; Ohio University (in Athens, Ohio); and at San Jose State University from 1964 to 1986, where he was awarded a Professor Emeritus designation in 1986. Freimark's art career is inseparable from his commitment to all aspects of the Mexican culture, including its art, music and history, and political and social causes. In 1966, he participated in the historic march organized by Cesar Chavez, from Delano, California to Sacramento California, which brought national attention to the plight of immigrant farm workers. Over the past 50 years, Freimark's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions across the United States and around the world, including the National Gallery of American History in Washington, D.C. and the Galeria Galiano in La Habana, Cuba.