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Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of hummingbirds, often depicted with orchids, as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes.
Heade was the first artist to paint live hummingbirds in their natural environment as opposed to dead hummingbirds in a studio setting. [7] According to Stebbins, "during the early 1870s Heade moved from conventional still-life compositions, in which he would typically paint a vase of flowers resting on a table indoors, to a highly unusual format–hardly a 'still-life' at all–where he would ...
Approaching Thunder Storm is an 1859 painting by American painter Martin Johnson Heade. It was his largest painting to date. [1] The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [2] It is praised for its dramatic depiction of the threatening mood of blackening skies and eerily illuminated terrain prior to the storm itself. [2]
Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes (c. 1871–1875) is an oil-on-canvas landscape by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade.Heade probably became acquainted with the salt marshes near the mouth of the Merrimack River at Newbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1859 through Bishop Thomas March Clark.
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds (1871) is an oil-on-mahogany-panel painting by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade.It is now in the National Gallery of Art, which acquired it in 1982.
The NGA believes this personal and professional stability stimulated the production of the still-life paintings of Heade's last years. The NGA writes, "Certainly works such as Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth , with their striking contrasts of brilliantly lit flowers and leaves set against a dark background, are among the most original ...
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) paintings Pages in category "Paintings by Martin Johnson Heade" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Magnolia Blossom is an 1888 oil painting on canvas by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. It depicts a magnolia flower, with her green leaves, and with a brown background, laid upon a red cloth in a table. [1]