Martin Johnson Heade papers

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Martin Johnson Heade papers

1853-1904

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The scattered papers of painter Martin Johnson Heade measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1904. the bulk of the collection consists of letters from his friend and fellow artist, Frederic Edwin Church between 1866-1899. Within the papers is an annotated sketchbook, circa 1853-1877, and a detailed handwritten notebook about hummingbirds dating from circa 1864 and circa 1881. Also found are a few letters and notes from others, deeds, and an 1865 exhibition catalog.

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Heade, Martin Johnson, 1819-1904

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Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, in 1819. He studied art under painter Edward Hicks, and began his career as a portrait painter. After traveling abroad and living in Rome for two years, he made his artistic debut in 1841 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Heade began exhibiting regularly in 1848, after another trip to Europe, and became an itinerant artist until he settled in New York in 1859. In the early 1860s he turned to painting landscapes and seascapes, in...

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900

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Artist. From the description of Frederick Edwin Church correspondence, 1860-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453332 Landscape painter of the Hudson River School. From the description of Papers, 1860-1887. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50151072 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Frederick Edwin Church letter, 1887 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515312 American painter. From th...