Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds (1871), Martin Johnson Heade, Oil on wood, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Photograph 2002 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art .
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) was very concerned with capturing the effects of light on the landscape. Inspired by his trevels to South America, he also rendered detailed, atmospheric paintings of plants and birds, either as still lifes or in natural setting.
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