J. J. Francis Art Exhibit at the Peak House

One of Medfield's more famous artists, John Jesse Francis, will be featured in an exhibition of his paintings at the Peak House.

J.J. Francis was a world-renowned watercolor artist, who painted local landscapes in his 2nd-floor studio at Medfield's Peak House. At least by 1886 when he was 24 years old, he came to Medfield as one of a growing artist colony that discovered this town's landscapes and milieu conducive to creativity. He retreated from Boston to Medfield each summer for an unknown number of years before beginning residence in Newton around 1910. He and members of his family are buried in the Old Section of Vine Lake Cemetery.