Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background

1885 · oil · Martin Johnson Heade

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Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background by Martin Johnson Heade, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) in Arber Natural, living
Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Living room
Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background by Martin Johnson Heade, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, bedroom
Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Bedroom
Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background by Martin Johnson Heade, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, restaurant
Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Restaurant
Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background

Story

Pale pink and white lotus blossoms stretch across the canvas in a horizontal row, their green stems and buds set against a shadowed landscape behind them. The painting was created in oil in 1885 by Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904), an American painter and traveler associated with the Hudson River school and Luminism. The piece came to the North Carolina Museum of Art as a gift from the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation.

Where it works

Warm-toned artwork suited to living rooms and bedrooms, and to restaurants, in a horizontal format.

CreatorMartin Johnson Heade
Year1885
Mediumoil
Original dimensions16.875 × 36 in
SKUncma0047_frgc_1224
Archive IDrs:100:38501

North Carolina Museum of Art, Gift of the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation in honor of Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan