Obsessed with hummingbirds from a young age, Martin Johnson Heade traveled to Brazil in 1863-64 to study and depict the birds in their natural setting, because a majority of the species could only be found there. Titling his series of paintings The Gems of Brazil, Heade used brilliant colors to show the jewellike beauty of the birds’ feathers.

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Riding on the wave of optimism that came with the end of World War II, modernist currents in American design and aesthetics moved from the fringes of the avant-garde into the mainstream. The energy was inspiring for artists. They were looking to make art for a new world.

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