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Surviving examples from as early as the beginning of the 17th century showcase a mixture of mediums and art styles, with portraits being painted in the New England area as early as the 1640’s. [4] The prevalence and variety of folk art mediums and styles is due, in part, to social values in early colonial America that viewed the colonies as ...
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 as well as Captain Thomas Smith's self-portrait each represent a Puritan and therefore show Puritan involvement in blatantly visual arts. [3]
Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait painted in the 17th century has revealed that touch-ups to images are nothing new.
Dodge said he knew the nearly 120-year-old portrait by one of the most important Western artists of the century was worth a lot. But even he was floored by just how valuable it turned out to be.
Self-portrait of Smith (c.1680), Worcester Art Museum Unknown man, oil on canvas, from 17th century colonial America, attributed to Thomas Smith. Thomas Smith (c. 1650 –1691) was an artist, sailor and slave trader in colonial New England.
About ten portraits, all painted between 1670 and 1674 and showing residents of Boston, have been attributed to the Freake Painter. [2] It has been suggested that the artist might be identified as Samuel Clement (1635–78), the son of Augustine Clement who had arrived in New England in 1635 having previously trained as a painter in England.
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; Pages in category "17th-century American painters" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ...