Martin Johnson Heade, 1875 - Hummingbird and Passionflowers - fine art print

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From 1880 to 1904, Heade, an ardent devotee of natural history, contributed over one hundred letters and articles on hummingbirds and related topics to “Forest and Stream.” Although he was fascinated with the painting of hummingbirds as early as 1862, the majority of his compositions date between 1875 and 1885, after his final trip to South America. The particular species of the hummingbird represented in this painting is the black-eared fairy (Heliothryx aurita) whose habitat is the lowlands of the Amazon basin, as is the passionflower (Passiflora racemosa). Heade, who was familiar with the scientific writings of Charles Darwin, conveys the dualities and interconnectedness between the hummingbird and the passionflowers in this painting.

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This over 140 year-old painting Hummingbird and Passionflowers was created by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade in 1875. The more than 140 years old original was made with the size of 20 x 12 in (50,8 x 30,5 cm) and was painted with the technique oil on canvas. Besides, the work of art forms part of the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Gift of Albert Weatherby, 1946 (public domain license). : Purchase, Gift of Albert Weatherby, 1946. Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 2 : 3, which means that the length is 33% shorter than the width. The painter, traveller Martin Johnson Heade was an artist, whose style can be attributed mainly to Realism. The Realist painter lived for a total of 85 years and was born in 1819 in Lumberville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, United States and deceased in 1904.

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