Freake-Gibbs Painter, active about (1670)

• Was an American Painter active in New England.
• There was no Puritan view against beauty in the arts, and therefore no objection to visual fineries.
• The pragmatism intrinsic to the Puritan mindset limited the amount of art produced in the Americas.
• The practical activities of life generally outweighed any sort of extravagance in the Puritan community.
• Aside from embellishments on buildings and small decorations in the home, however, paintings also surfaced during the era that the Puritans occupied the land.
• The Freake paintings by the Freake-Gibbs painter represent a Puritan and therefore show Puritan involvement in blatantly visual arts.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Freake-Gibbs Painter, Elizabeth Clarke Freake (Mrs. John Freake) and Baby Mary, about 1671-1674.
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