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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 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.
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 ...
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.
English: Martin Johnson Head, Orchid and Hummingbirds Near a Mountain Lake, c. 1875–90 Oil on canvas, 15 3/16 x 20 1/2 in, Lynch Collection, Boston College Date 1875
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