Martin Johnson Heade
(1819–1904) American painter (1819-1904)
Martin Johnson Heade (USA, 1819–1904) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Martin Johnson Heade belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville and died in St. Augustine. Wikidata associates Martin Johnson Heade with Hudson River school and Luminism. Martin Johnson Heade was awarded Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
The best-known works include ‘Sunset, Haywagon in the Distance’ and ‘Sunset: A Scene in Brazil’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art and landscape painting. The catalogue has 156 works by Martin Johnson Heade with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1902. Works by Martin Johnson Heade are held by several collections, among them Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Yale University Art Gallery, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Arthur Georg von Ramberg, August von Kreling, Gustave Courbet, Joseph Stevens, and William Wetmore Story.