Quality: Every item in our archival print collection is a digital reproduction sourced from the original artwork hanging in the museum. Essentially, there is no way to get a more accurate and representative reproduction of the original art.
All items are published on 300gsm archival cotton rag paper, using the highest quality inksets available today.
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MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE BIOGRAPHY
Heade, Martin Johnson 1819–1904, American painter, b. Lumberville, Pa. He studied briefly with Edward Hicks and in Europe, and later traveled in Central and South America. Heade is associated with American luminism, particularly in his uniquely lit canvases of coming thunderstorms. He painted dramatic seascapes and landscapes of New England. In his nature studies, scientifically exact birds and plants are set against poetic backgrounds in eerie colors. His notable paintings include Orchids and Hummingbirds (Detroit Inst. of Arts) and Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston).
