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Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes (c. 1871–1875) is an oil on canvas landscape by Martin Johnson Heade acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 2010. Heade probably became acquainted with the salt marshes near the mouth of the Merrimack River at Newbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1859 through Bishop Thomas March Clark. Sunlight and Shadow is one of the earliest of Heade's one hundred plus depictions of wetlands.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes
Artist	Martin Johnson Heade
Year	1871–75
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	30.5 cm × 67.3 cm (12.0 in × 26.5 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The National Gallery writes: "[Heade] depicted the tides, meteorological phenomena, and other natural forces that shaped the appearance of the swamp and showed how the land was used for hunting, fishing, and the harvesting of naturally occurring salt hay ... the painting's primary motif, sunlight and shadow, seen, for instance, in its intricate cloud shadows and the subtle movement from light to dark across the body of the haystack, informs and unites all its visual elements."

References

• NGA: Sunlight and Shadow

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Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes ist ein Gemälde des US-amerikanischen Malers Martin Johnson Heade aus dem späten 19. Jahrhundert. Es misst ohne Rahmen 30,5 cm × 67,3 cm, inklusive Rahmen betragen die Abmessungen 54,3 × 90,5 × 7,95 cm. Das Bild ist in der National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ausgestellt und wurde dem Museum von der John Wilmerding Collection zur Verfügung gestellt.

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