Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904)


Heade was an American luminist painter of landscapes, seascapes, flowers, nature studies, and still lifes, and was also a botanist. He was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, and studied under Thomas Hicks, and for a number of years, studied in Italy, England, and France. At the beginning of his career, his works were mostly portraits, but after moving to New York in the 1850s, he began to paint landscapes and dramatic coastal views. He travelled extensively throughout North and South America, notably to Brazil and Jamaica, where he produced his remarkable painting series of hummingbirds and orchids. In 1883, he moved to Florida, where he remained for the rest of his life, devoting himself to botanical painting in a more scientific manner. Due to his travels and abandoning of New York, he was largely forgotten after his death, until his works were rediscovered in the 1940s. Heade was one of the most original and prolific painters of his time.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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