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1 Painting and Investigating the Wonders of Our World
Martin Johnson Heade Painting and Investigating the Wonders of Our World

2 About the Artist American 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

3 Portrait of General Sam Houston, 1846

4 Landscape - Singing Beach, Manchester, MA 1862

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

6 Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, 1890

7 Cattleya Orchid & 3 Brazillian Hummingbirds
What do you see? What colors did the artist use? How does the picture make you feel?

8 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


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