Freake-Gibbs painter
Illustration — Elizabeth Clarke Freake (Mrs. John Freake) and Baby Mary by the Freake Painter The Freake Painter (fl. 1670s), also known as the Freake Limner and the Freake-Gibbs Painter, was an anonymous American portrait painter who has been described as "North America's first major artist".
Also recorded as Freake-Gibbs Painter · Freake-Gibbs Limner · Freake Painter · Freake Limner
Freake-Gibbs painter
Freake-Gibbs painter · Public domain
- Born
- 1700
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Biography
Biography
Born in 1700, died in 1700.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Freake-Gibbs painter is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Freake-Gibbs painter appears in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a painter (1630 – 1730). Freake-Gibbs painter was born in 1630 and died in 1730.
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Life and career
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1700
Freake-Gibbs painter born.
1700
Freake-Gibbs painter died.
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- 1.Fairbanks, Jonathan L. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. 2011. 9780195335798.
- 2.Worcester Art Museum. Unidentified artist (17th century). Early American Paintings.
- 3.Morgan, Ann Lee. The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists. Oxford UP. 2018. 978-0-19-180767-1.
- 4.Adams, Henry. Freake Out!. The Magazine Antiques. 3 September 2021.
- 5.Smithsonian: National Postal Museum. 32c "Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary" single. postalmuseum.si.edu. 1998.
- 6.Edwards, Stassa. The history of colonial America in 5 objects. National Geographic. 2026-07-04.
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