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Hummingbird with Cattleya and Dendrobium Orchids
ca. 189022 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (56.5 x 36.5 cm)
Martin Johnson Heade
United States (Lumberville, PA, 1819 - 1904, St. Augustine, FL)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Harris K. Prior Memorial Fund
Accession Number:
1976.3
Location: Not currently on view
Two masterpieces of nature – the hummingbird and the orchid – were subjects that Martin Johnson Heade painted repeatedly. Beginning in 1863, Heade made the first of three trips to Brazil to paint the bird that remained a life-long obsession. Heade wrote, “A few years after my appearance in this breathing world I was attacked by the all-absorbing hummingbird craze and it has never left me since.”
The exotic South American jungle was a far cry from the marshes and fields of Heade’s native New England, but both landscapes inspired his passion for the natural world and nurtured the intertwined development of his scientific interest and his artistic brilliance.
[Gallery label, 2009]
The exotic South American jungle was a far cry from the marshes and fields of Heade’s native New England, but both landscapes inspired his passion for the natural world and nurtured the intertwined development of his scientific interest and his artistic brilliance.
[Gallery label, 2009]
Marks
Artist's signature, lower right: M. J. Heade
Provenance
Artist; Joseph Bradley Heed (artist's half-brother); to his son, Charles Rittenhouse Heed, Philadelphia, PA; to his daughter, Mrs. Renée Heed Grant, Gulph Mills, PA; estate of Mrs. Renée Heed Grant, 1972; consigned to Chapellier Galleries, New York, 1972; purchased by the Gallery in 1976
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- American Art Selections The Chapellier Galleries 1973
- Harris K. Prior Memorial Exhibition 4/2/1976 - 5/2/1976
- Treasures from Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 4/14/1977 - 5/28/1977
- Masterpieces for Rochester: Acquisitions Since 1975 11/24/1978 - 1/7/1979
- Flower Paintings 9/14/1979 - 10/21/1979
- Flowers, Gardens, Bouquets in Art 9/14/1979 - 10/21/1979
- Animals in American Art, 1880's-1980's Nassau County Museum of Art 10/4/1981 - 1/17/1982
- 1888: Frederick Layton and His World Milwaukee Art Museum 4/8/1988 - 8/28/1988
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 8. Issue Date: April 1976.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
- William H. Gerdts. Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801-1939. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1981.
- Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
- Art Journal. New York, New York: College Art Association of America
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Title: Museum accessions. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. The Magazine Antiques. New York, NY: Straight Enterprises Inc. Issue Date: February 1976. Page Number: 920, Figure Number: 920
- Apollo. London, England: Apollo
- Article Scope: Entry. Robert M. Tilendis, ed. 1888: Frederick Layton and His World. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1988.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.. The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975.
- Article Scope: Entry. Animals in American Art, 1880's-1980's. Roslyn, NY: Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1981.
- Art in Bloom 1998. Rochester, NY: The Gallery Council, 1998.
- Harris K. Prior Memorial Exhibition . Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. American Art Selections. New York, NY: The Chapellier Galleries, 1973. Volume Number: 3
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné entry and reproduction. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.. The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.
- Article Author: Searl, Marjorie B.. Article Title: Martin Johnson Heade: Newbury Hayfield at Sunset. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 75
- Article Scope: Mention. F. Turner Reuter, Jr.. Animal & Sporting Artists in America. Middleburg, VA: National Sporting Library, 2008.
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