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Martin Johnson Heade

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Painting of white magnolia blossoms and buds with green leaves resting on a teal velvet cloth against a brown background.

Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth

1885-95

Painting of sailboats on a calm inlet under a hazy sun, with rocky shore and marsh grass in the foreground.

York Harbor, Coast of Maine

1877

Painting of a pink apple blossom branch with green leaves and a fallen blossom on a dark wooden table.

Apple Blossoms

1873

Painting of a pale pink orchid with buds and a hummingbird on a branch above a misty tropical mountain valley.

Orchid Blossoms

1873

Painting of a flat marsh under a grey sky, with haystacks, a wooden shelter on the right, and grasses in the foreground.

High Tide on the Marshes

1872

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a branch beside pink and white apple blossoms against a cloudy sky.

Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms

1875

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a vine beside red passionflowers in a misty tropical forest under cloudy skies.

Hummingbird and Passionflowers

ca. 1875-85

Wide meadow with haystacks and small workers under a stormy sky, with sunlight streaming through clouds onto distant hills.

Newburyport Meadows

ca. 1876-81

Painting of a large white magnolia blossom and green leaves resting on red velvet cloth against a dark background.

Magnolia

1880

Still life painting of white striped lilies and purple heliotrope in a glass vase, with strawberries and a pink shawl on a le

A Vase of Corn Lilies and Heliotrope

1863

Painting of a marsh meadow at sunset with a large haystack, water pools, resting cattle, and an orange sky with a long cloud.

Sunset, Newburyport Meadows

1863

Painting of dark storm clouds over rolling surf on a sandy beach, with rocks at left and two sailboats on the horizon.

Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport

1861

Painting of a marsh meadow at sunset with glowing red clouds, haystacks, a tree at left, and a small figure in the distance.

Jersey Meadows at Sunset

1860

Point Judith, Rhode Island

Point Judith, Rhode Island

1867-68

Painting of two large white magnolia blossoms with green leaves and a bud resting on a draped blue velvet cloth.

Magnolias on a blue velvet cloth

1890

Painted marsh landscape with pink-tinted clouds, a haystack, a gnarled tree, a winding creek and two grazing cows.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes

1871

Painting of a calm bay with sailboats, a woman and sheep in a grassy field, stone wall, and a large tree under a cloudy sky.

Rhode Island Landscape

1859

Two hunters rest with dogs on a grassy rise overlooking a wide flat plain, with hills and smoke in the distance.

Hunters Resting

1863

Painting of a flat marsh at sunset with dark clouds, glowing orange horizon, tree clumps and reflective water.

Sunset over the Marshes

1890

Pink cattleya orchid with three hummingbirds and a nest with eggs in a misty tropical forest scene.

Cattelya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds

1871

Dark storm clouds over a still inlet with a sailboat, a rowboat, and a seated man with a dog on the shore.

Approaching Thunder Storm

1859

Seascape of a sailboat on a calm bay with waves breaking on rocks, hills and a warm golden sky beyond.

Rio de Janeiro Bay

1864

Painting of a pink Cattleya orchid and three hummingbirds in a misty tropical forest, with a nest holding two eggs.

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

1871

Painting of two large white magnolia blossoms and a bud with green leaves resting on a draped blue velvet cloth.

Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth

c. 1890

Painting of a flat marsh with haystacks, a winding creek, grazing cattle and a distant sea under a cloudy sky.

View of Marshfield

c. 1866/1876

Marsh landscape with a haystack, winding creek, grazing cows, a gnarled tree, and clouds tinted pink under a green sky.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes

c. 1871/1875

Painting of a flat marsh at sunset with rounded haystacks, a winding river, a small boat, and an orange sky.

Haystacks on the Newburyport Marshes

1862

Painting of red passion flowers and two hummingbirds on a twisting vine against a misty tropical sky.

Passion Flowers and Hummingbirds

1870

Oil painting of two hummingbirds on a branch above a moss-covered nest, one with a red throat, in a soft oval vignette.

Hummingbirds with Nest

1863

Landscape painting of rocky pasture with grazing sheep, a red cow, a lone tree, and distant water under a cloudy sky.

Rocks in New England

1855

Painting of a calm lake with mountains, a man beside a rowboat on rocky shore, and a small distant boat under a pale sky.

Lake George

1862

Painting of two white magnolia blooms with green leaves in a glass vase against red velvet drapery.

Magnolias

1883