Born in 1935 and raised in New York City, Warner Friedman was the recipient of several awards for his artwork as a child, but started out his adult life as an engineer. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in engineering at Clarkson College in New York, he decided to enroll in art classes at night school at the Pratt Institute, while working as an engineer by day. Gradually, the attraction to art took hold, and he went on to full-time studies at Cooper Union, which at the time was the only full-scholarship college in the country dedicated solely to art, architecture and engineering.
In the early years, Mr. Friedman experimented with Realism, Modernism and Abstract Expressionism, but over time, his lifelong attraction to mathematical precision led him to the abstract geometric works which he exhibited in New York for 15 years. Eventually this development evolved towards an unconventional approach to land and seascape painting for which he is known today.
Mr. Friedman currently resides in Massachusetts, which provides him with much of the subject matter for his landscapes. He is represented by the Elaine Baker Gallery in Boca Raton, Florida and the Scott Richards Gallery in San Francisco and has presented his paintings at numerous group and solo exhibits in galleries and museums across the country. During his 45 year career he has received numerous awards, including a Massachusetts Artist Fellowship, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and the Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant.
