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Martin Johnson Heade (American, 18191904) Orchid and Hummingbird (detail), c. 1885 The Hudson River School was the country's first distinctly American art movement. Sharing a mystical vision of their brave new land's limitless beauty, artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, and Martin Johnson Heade painted landscapes of great dramamountains, sunsets, storms, crashing surfor of abundance and serenity. Like many of his colleagues, Heade concerned himself with the effects of light as both a scientific and a spiritual phenomenon. In Orchid and Hummingbird, his investment of the landscape with spiritual force is clear. - INDIVIDUAL ITEM RRP £1.99
