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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds
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In 1863, Martin Johnson Heade, an aspiring naturalist, made the first of three trips to Brazil to paint the brilliantly colored hummingbird, creating at least forty-five canvases, including Two Hummingbirds with Their Young, which documents a shimmering family of Sappho Comet hummingbirds. Although Heade’s plan to publish an illustrated book on the birds was never realized, the artist’s fascination continued unabated. Beginning about 1871 and continuing for over thirty years, he painted a series of pictures that combined hummingbirds with living orchids, such as this one. Drawing on his own earlier experience as a sometime-ornithologist, and using living orchids for the first time as a painter’s subject, Heade created a unique American genre.
Two Hummingbirds with Their Young Martin Johnson HeadeFrom $40 / Size: S
Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v1. Tab 30 Mark CatesbyFrom $40 / Size: S M L
Mythological Bird AnonymousFrom $40 / Size: S M L
Grotesque Head with Helmet in the Style of Arcimboldo Dominicus CustosFrom $40 / Size: S M L
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Francisco de GoyaFrom $40 / Size: S M
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