Martin Johnson Heade
1819–1904
Heade travelled restlessly and worked in many genres, but is best known for three subjects: the salt marshes of New England and New Jersey, with haystacks under changing skies; hummingbirds and orchids, which he studied on journeys to Brazil and Central America; and, in later years, lush still lifes of magnolias and other flowers, painted after he settled in St Augustine, Florida. Approaching Thunder Storm is an early example of his brooding coastal scenes.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1859–1890
- Mostly
- Painting
- Movement
- RealismOrdinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
- Courtesy of
- The Met, The National Gallery of Art
