Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Artist
Martin Johnson Heade
(1819 - 1904)
Dateca. 1863-1864
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 × 10 in. (31.1 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 18 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.
Framed: 18 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.88
Accession number
2006.88
On View
On viewLabel TextObsessed with hummingbirds from a young age, Martin Johnson Heade traveled to Brazil in 1863-64 to study and depict the birds in their natural setting, because a majority of the species could only be found there. Titling his series of paintings “The Gems of Brazil,” Heade used brilliant colors to show the jewellike beauty of the birds’ feathers.
Obsesionado con los colibríes desde una temprana edad, Martin Johnson Heade viajó a Brasil en 1863-64 para estudiar y representar los pájaros en su entorno natural, dado que la mayoría de las especies sólo se encontraban ahí. Titulando esta serie de pinturas “Las joyas de Brasil,” Heade utilizó colores brillantes para mostrar la calidad de joya de las plumas de estos pájaros.
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