# 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._

4 works in the collection.

- [Approaching Thunder Storm](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/approaching-thunder-storm-met-11050), Martin Johnson Heade, 1859. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Newburyport Meadows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/newburyport-meadows-met-11053), Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Rio de Janeiro Bay](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rio-de-janeiro-bay-nga-50281), Martin Johnson Heade, 1864. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/giant-magnolias-on-a-blue-velvet-cloth-nga-93464), Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.