Tag: Martin Johnson Heade

Hummingbird paintings straight from the tropics by American Martin Johnson Heade. Living from 1819 to 1904, he was from a place with cold winters but spent much time painting in warmer locales where he did these.

"Orchids and Hummingbird." Probably 19th c.
“Orchids and Hummingbird.” Probably 19th c. Image © University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Fair use license. via https://news.uga.edu/artist-martin-johnson-heade/
"Passion Flowers and Hummingbirds." ca. 1870-1873.
“Passion Flowers and Hummingbirds.” ca. 1870-1873. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the public domain due to age. via https://collections.mfa.org/objects/33015
"Tropical Landscape with Ten Hummingbirds." 1870.
“Tropical Landscape with Ten Hummingbirds.” 1870. Image © 2019 Terra Foundation for American Art. Fair use license. via https://picturingtheamericas.org/painting/tropical-landscape-with-ten-hummingbirds/

Tropical landscapes so well done you can almost hear the trade winds blowing through the palm trees. American. 19th century except for the last.

"Fishing in the tropics." Undated.
“Fishing in the tropics.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Edwin Felix Kanute, artist (1852-1935). Image © Doyle Auctions. Fair use license. via https://doyle.com/auctions/17am01-american-paintings-furniture-decorative-arts/catalogue/36-kanute-edwin-felix
"Tropical landscape with fishing boats." Undated.
“Tropical landscape with fishing boats.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Albert Bierstadt, artist (1830-1902). In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bierstadt_Albert_Tropical_Landscape_with_Fishing_Boats_in_Bay.jpg
"Sunset, Tropical Marshes, Florida." ca. 1880.
“Sunset, Tropical Marshes, Florida.” ca. 1880. Oil on canvas. Martin Johnson Heade, artist (1819-1904). Collection of the Morse Museum. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/paintings/heade-painting
"Tropical landscape." 1853.
“Tropical landscape.” 1853. Oil on canvas. Frederic Edwin Church, artist (1826-1900). In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. https://www.oceansbridge.com/shop/styles/hudson-river-school/tropical-landscape-1873
"Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida." 1904.
“Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida.” 1904. Watercolor over graphite on paper. Winslow Homer, artist (1836-1910). Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winslow_Homer_-_Red_Shirt,_Homosassa,_Florida_(1904).jpg

Tropical sunsets to warm one’s heart . . . spending decades in the rain forests of Brazil painting hummingbirds and orchids Martin Johnson Heade painted sunsets for the stars to sink into even in Newburyport, Massachusetts a place about as untropical as they come. American, 1819-1904.

"Sunset over the Marsh." ca. 1876-1882.
“Sunset over the Marsh.” ca. 1876-1882. Oil on canvas. Image © Heritage Auctions. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the painter has been dead over 70 years. via https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Sunset_over_the_Marsh-Martin_Johnson_Heade.jpg.
"Twilight." ca. 1886.
“Twilight.” ca. 1886. Oil on Canvas. Collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twilight_by_Martin_Johnson_Heade,_c._1886,_High_Museum_of_Art.jpg
"The Great Florida Sunset." 1887.
“The Great Florida Sunset.” 1887. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via http://img.wikioo.org/ADC/Art-ImgScreen-1.nsf/O/A-8LSLGH/$FILE/Martin_johnson_heade-the_great_florida_sunset.Jpg.