Abraham Freifeld

Abraham Freifeld
BornNoua Suliță, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania (now Ukraine)
1921
Died22 November 2011 (aged 89–90)
Santiago, Chile
Other nameAbraham Freifeld Umanski
EducationUniversity of Chile, 1950
SpouseXimena Cristi

Abraham Freifeld Umanski[a] (1921 – 22 November 2011) was a Chilean-Romanian sculptor, professor and engineer.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Abraham Freifeld (1992) TRAMPA PARA CAZAR ESPACIOS Nº 12

Freifeld was born in 1921[b] in Noua Suliță, Bessarabia (present-day Novoselytsia, Ukraine) to a Romanian-Jewish family.[3][4][5] Fleeing Nazi persecution, Freifeld and his family arrived in Chile in 1939[c].[3][5]

Freifeld attend the Liceo de Aplicación, before enrolling at the Engineering Faculty at the University of Chile.[3][5] In 1942, Freifeld also enrolled at Arts Faculty of the University of Chile where he was a member of the Grupo de Estudiantes Plásticos.[3][5]

Freifeld was an assistant to the sculptor Lily Garafulic.[3] In 1960, Freifeld became a professor of sculpture at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile.[5] Freifeld was a professor at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Chile, and worked as an engineer for the Ministry of Public Works.[5]

Personal life

Freifeld was married to Ximena Cristi, a painter, educator and professor.[2][6] Freifeld and Cristi had two sons.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also cited as Umanskaia.[1]
  2. ↑ Also cited as 1922.[3]
  3. ↑ Also cited as 1930.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ayala, Walmir (13 August 1969). "UM SEMINÁRIO INTERNACIONAL DE CRÍTICOS". Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Poblete Krug, Silvia (26 December 1981). "Ximena Cristi, premio de la crítica: "Hay que estar atento a estar vivo"" (PDF). El Sur (in Spanish). Concepción, Chile. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Abraham Freifeld". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Encyclopaedia Judaica. Volume 3. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House. 1971. p. 600. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Salazar, Paulina (23 October 2008). "Visita a Abraham Freifeld". Abraham Freifeld: Arte y Ciencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ximena Cristi". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
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