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September 16, 1905
Artist Louis Freund was born in Clinton, Missouri. Freund was a muralist who became famous for his depiction of life in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas during the 1930s. He and his wife, Elsie Bates Freund, founded the Summer Art School in Eureka Springs (Carroll County) and helped shape the resort town into a year-round community for artists and writers.