Twilight
Martin Johnson Heade
American, 1819–1904

Details
Title
Twilight
Artist/Maker
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
Date
ca. 1886
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 x 54 1/8 inches
Credit
Gift in memory of Howard R. Peevy from his wife
Accession #
73.51
Martin Johnson Heade achieved his most popular success with paintings of the flat salt marsh regions along the East Coast. His humble landscape subjects set him apart from those contemporaries who pursued more dramatic vistas of the American wilderness. Heade’s work featured the evocative effects of light and atmosphere, qualities emphasized in horizontal compositions of striking simplicity. The artist painted this mature work in Saint Augustine, Florida, where he settled permanently in 1884. Twilight captures the transitional mood of what Heade called “our worn-out country” after the Civil War.
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