Martin Johnson Heade Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds Painting ID:: 72983 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-955358.jpg
Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds "Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. 18 1/4 in. x 23 in. Yale University Art Gallery, Christian A. Zabriskie and Francis P. Garvan, B.A. 1897, M.A. (Hon.) 1922, Funds. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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Martin Johnson Heade Mare and Colt in a Marsh Painting ID:: 72994 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-558399.jpg
Mare and Colt in a Marsh "Mare and Colt in a Marsh," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. 15 1/8 in. x 30 1/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Teresa Heinz in memory of her husband H. John Heinz III, B.A. 1960. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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Martin Johnson Heade Copper-tailed Amazili Painting ID:: 73802 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-753449.jpg
Copper-tailed Amazili Date between 1865(1865) and 1875(1875)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 29.3 X 21.5 cm (11.54 X 8.46 in)
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Martin Johnson Heade Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds Painting ID:: 74245 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-734587.jpg
Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds English: Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds
Date 1871
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Martin Johnson Heade Moses Brown Painting ID:: 74695 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-946494.jpg
Moses Brown English: "Moses Brown," oil on canvas, portrait by American painter Martin Johnson Heade. 49 1/2 in. Founder, benefactor of Rhode Island College, later renamed Brown University. Image courtesy of the Brown University Portrait Collection, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Date 1857
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Martin Johnson Heade Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes Painting ID:: 74730 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-796644.jpg
Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes English: "Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. 13 1/4 in. x 26 5/16 in. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Gift of Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., B.A. 1960.
Date ca. 1865-1875
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Martin Johnson Heade Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds Painting ID:: 74807 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-875343.jpg
Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds English: "Jungle Orchids and Hummingbirds," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. 18 1/4 in. x 23 in. Yale University Art Gallery, Christian A. Zabriskie and Francis P. Garvan, B.A. 1897, M.A. (Hon.) 1922, Funds. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Date 1872
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Martin Johnson Heade Lynn Meadows Painting ID:: 74809 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-953795.jpg
Lynn Meadows English: "Lynn Meadows," by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade, oil on canvas. 12 3/8 in. x 30 3/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Arnold H. Nichols, B.A. 1920. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Date 1863
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Martin Johnson Heade Mare and Colt in a Marsh Painting ID:: 74814 new24/Martin Johnson Heade-975366.jpg
Mare and Colt in a Marsh English: "Mare and Colt in a Marsh," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. 15 1/8 in. x 30 1/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Teresa Heinz in memory of her husband H. John Heinz III, B.A. 1960. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Date 1863
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Martin Johnson Heade Singing Beach, Manchester Painting ID:: 85788 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-948399.jpg
Singing Beach, Manchester Date 1862(1862)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63.5 x 127 cm (25 x 50 in)
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Martin Johnson Heade On the San Sebastian River, Florida Painting ID:: 90382 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-575985.jpg
On the San Sebastian River, Florida oil on canvas
circa 1883-1890
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Martin Johnson Heade Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall Painting ID:: 91022 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-566498.jpg
Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall 1902(1902)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 38.2 x 51.5 cm (15 x 20.3 in)
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Martin Johnson Heade Lake George Painting ID:: 91406 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-693654.jpg
Lake George 1862(1862)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 66.04 x 125.41 cm (26 x 49 3/8 in.)
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Martin Johnson Heade After Sunset Painting ID:: 92052 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-484743.jpg
After Sunset oil on canvas
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Martin Johnson Heade Spouting Rock, Newport Painting ID:: 92405 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-437679.jpg
Spouting Rock, Newport Date 1862(1862)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 64 cm (25.2 in). Width: 127 cm (50 in).
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Martin Johnson Heade Haystacks Painting ID:: 92665 new25/Martin Johnson Heade-543869.jpg
Haystacks c. 1876-82
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 8 x 16 in. (20.3 x 40.6 cm)
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Martin Johnson Heade Two Cattle in a Field Painting ID:: 93344 new26/Martin Johnson Heade-877336.jpg
Two Cattle in a Field 1869(1869)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 14 3/8" x 30 1/4"
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Martin Johnson Heade A Vase of Corn Lilies and Heliotrope Painting ID:: 94083 new26/Martin Johnson Heade-473834.jpg
A Vase of Corn Lilies and Heliotrope 1863(1863)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 41.6 x 31.4 cm (16.4 x 12.4 in)
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Martin Johnson Heade Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds Painting ID:: 95053 new26/Martin Johnson Heade-979449.jpg
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds 1871
Type oil on mahogany panel
Dimensions 34.8 cm x 45.6 cm
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Martin Johnson Heade Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth Painting ID:: 95158 new26/Martin Johnson Heade-479336.jpg
Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth 1890
Type oil on canvas
Dimensions 38.4 cm x 61.5 cm
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Martin Johnson Heade Pantanos en Rhode Island Painting ID:: 97580 new26/Martin Johnson Heade-997697.jpg
Pantanos en Rhode Island 1866(1866)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 56 x 91.4 cm
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American Hudson River School Painter, 1819-1904 Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819-September 4, 1904) was a prolific American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, portraits of tropical birds, and still lifes. His painting style and subject matter, while derived from the romanticism of the time, is regarded by art historians as a significant departure from that of his peers.
Art historians have come to disagree with the common view that Heade is a Hudson River School painter, a view given wide currency by Heade's inclusion in a landmark exhibition of Hudson River School landscapes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1987.
The leading Heade scholar and author of Heade's catalogue raisonn??, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., wrote some years after the 1987 Hudson River School exhibition that "...other scholars??myself included??have increasingly come to doubt that Heade is most usefully seen as standing within that school."
According to the Heade catalogue raisonn??, only around 40 percent of his paintings were landscapes. The remaining majority were still lifes, paintings of birds, and portraits, subjects unrelated to the Hudson River School. Of Heade's landscapes, perhaps only 25 percent were painted of traditional Hudson River School subject matter.
Heade had less interest in topographically accurate views than the Hudson River painters, and instead focused on mood and the effects of light. Stebbins writes, "If the paintings of the shore as well as the more conventional compositions...might lead one to think of Heade as a Hudson River School painter, the [marsh scenes] make it clear that he was not."