Martin Johnson Heade, 1895 - Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth - fine art print

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The 19th century masterpiece was painted by the painter Martin Johnson Heade. The 120 year-old artpiece measures the size: 38,6 × 61,8 cm (15 1/4 × 24 3/8 in) and was crafted with the technique of oil on canvas. Signed, lower right: "M. J. Heade" is the painting's inscription. The work of art belongs to the Art Institute Chicago's digital collection, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. With courtesy of: Art Institute Chicago (license: public domain). The creditline of the artpiece is the following: Restricted gift of Gloria and Richard Manney; Harold L. Stuart Endowment. On top of that, alignment is landscape with a ratio of 16 : 9, meaning that the length is 78% longer than the width. Martin Johnson Heade was a painter, traveller of American nationality, whose artistic style can mainly be assigned to Realism. The Realist painter was born in 1819 in Lumberville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, United States and deceased at the age of 85 in the year 1904.

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This sensuous and decorative image dates from the later part of Martin Johnson Heade’s long, varied, and peripatetic career. Traveling through much of the United States, to England and continental Europe, and (three different times) to Brazil, he produced work ranging from pristine views of East Coast salt marshes and lush tropical landscapes to pictures of exotic hummingbirds and orchids. At the age of sixty-four, Heade settled in Saint Augustine, Florida. There he began painting detailed arrangements of native flowers, including the Cherokee rose, orange blossom, and magnolia. Stretched out like an odalisque on blue velvet cloth, the curvaceous magnolia was meticulously rendered in pale, subtle hues and illuminated by a light so sharp that the image evokes the hyperintensity of a dream. The warm, steamy atmosphere is almost palpable, as is the blossom’s heady, pungent scent. The Art Institute’s Magnolias is one of a number of compositions by the artist featuring this dramatic yet delicate white flower.

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