Martin Johnson Heade
1819 - 1904
Noted artist and co-founder of the "luminist" style of landscape painting. Also known for his humingbird studies and floral still lifes. He first studied with Edward and Thomas Hicks in Newtown. Born and raised here; family owned the store across the street.
Marker is on River Road (Pennsylvania Route 32), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
