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Peter Freeth RA

Name: Peter Freeth RA
Born: 15 April 1938, Birmingham, UK
Elected ARA: 30 May 1990
Elected RA: 26 June 1991
Category of Membership: Engraver

Peter Freeth RA, Bodies
Peter Freeth RA, Bodies

Peter Freeth studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1956 to 1960. In 1960 he won the Prix de Rome in Engraving, taking him to Rome where he lived for three years, travelling extensively throughout Italy. He has been a tutor in etching at the Royal Academy Schools since 1966.

Freeth has exhibited widely in mixed exhibitions in the UK, the United States, Italy, Japan, India and Russia. He was elected a Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and Royal Academician in 1991 (ARA 1990). Peter Freeth lives and works in London and Italy.

Recent solo exhibitions
2006 North House Gallery, Manningtree
2001 Word Play, Royal Academy of Arts
Print Noir, Bankside Gallery
1997 Sospese Atmosphere Amalfitane,
Galleria S. Maria a Gradillo, Ravello
1997 Mary Kleinman Gallery, London
1992 City Lights, Royal Academy of Arts Friends Room
1989 Christopher Mendez Gallery, London
1987 Christopher Mendez Gallery, London

Public collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
British Museum, London
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Government Art Collection
Harvard University Collection
Metropolitan Museum, New York
National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk

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