1) Martin Johnson Heade, born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1819 to September 4, 1904 (aged 85), was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, & nature depictions.
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2) Heade received his first art training from the folk artist Edward Hicks, who lived in nearby Newtown, and possibly also from Edward’s cousin, Thomas Hicks. He was painting by 1839.
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3) He travelled to Europe several times as a young man, became an itinerant artist on American shores, and exhibited in Philadelphia at the PAFA in 1841 and in New York at the NAD in 1843.
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4) Friendships with artists of the Hudson River School led to an interest in landscape art. In 1863, he planned to publish a volume of Brazilian hummingbirds & tropical flowers, but it was abandoned.
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5) His chief works from this period were Floridian landscapes & flowers, particularly magnolias laid upon velvet cloth. His work attracted scholars, art historians, & collectors during the 1940s.
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6) His works are in most major American museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; and the National Gallery of Art in D.C.
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