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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.
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 ...
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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds; G. Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth; M. The Magnolia Blossom; O. Orchid and Hummingbirds near a Mountain Lake; S.
Heade made significant contributions to floral still-life painting during the course of his career, the NGA points out, with Giant Magnolias being one of the finest. Heade married in 1883 and settled in St. Augustine, Florida after a lackluster career as an itinerant artist.
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