Painting and Investigating the Wonders of Our World

Martin Johnson Heade

1819-1904American artist who

travelled throughout the world searching for beautiful things to paint

Began his career painting portraits

After a while, he started to paint landscapes, plants, birds, and flowers

About the Artist

Portrait of General Sam Houston, 1846

Landscape - Singing Beach, Manchester, MA 1862

Orchid with 2 Hummingbirds, 1871-Traditional landscape + ornithological/botanical illustration-1863-64 Travel to Brazil, 1866 travel to Nicaragua, 1870 travel to Colombia, Panama, and Jamaica

Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, 1890

Cattleya Orchid & 3 Brazillian Hummingbirds• What do you

see?

• What colors did the artist use?

• How does the picture make you feel?

What do you wonder about?Heade loved looking at

and painting nature

He wondered about animals and plants and went to different countries just to see what they looked like in other places

What do you wonder about? ◦ Animals?◦ Sports?◦ Cars?◦ Nature?◦ Something else?

Create a picture that shows something you wonder about