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Martin Johnson Heade 1819-1904 American Oil Canvas

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Martin Johnson Heade 1819-1904 American Oil Canvas
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This oil on stretched canvas is signed Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819-1904) on the lower right corner. This work offers the scenic salt marshes along the Northeastern coast and were among Martin Johnson Heade's favourite and most highly acclaimed subjects, accounting for a significant portion of his oeuvre. Working in the luminist tradition, Heade painted the landscape at dawn and at dusk, in bright sunlight and under ominous storm clouds, recording the ever changing variations of light and atmosphere prevalent along the New England shore. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. writes, “…Heade demanded of himself originality, and, though the marsh was familiar and ubiquitous, it was a new subject for the American painter. Equally important, the marsh was simply a place Heade loved: on the one hand it represented untouched nature—and ideal place for hunting and fishing—on the other it was a natural farmland, where hay was harvested and stacked. If Heade was an intermediary figure between the Hudson River School and the next generation, then too the marsh might be seen as an intermediate landscape that lies somewhere between wilderness and the pastoral” (Martin Johnson Heade, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 29). This piece measures 9.5 inches x 17 inches