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the artist colony of Gloucester and painting there around the summer of 1924. He continued to visit
there each summer - finding views of the busy docks in the fishing port and the side streets in town -
through the early 1930s.
Baiting Trawls
was most likely painted after his two-year study at the Barnes
Foundation in Philadelphia from 1927-1930 where he studied Impressionism.This post-Impressionist
view down upon the fishing boats and the harbor’s waters epitomizes Freelon’s interest in light and color.
The harmonious palette of colors and the flattened perspective echo what Freelon would have seen in
the work of Gauguin, Bonnard andVan Gogh in Philadelphia museums.
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