The Frontier

  • Martin Johnson Heade is born

  • Paul Lacroix is born in France

  • William Mason Brown is born in New York

  • Charles Dawin Embarks on a journey to South America

  • Heade paints his first portaits

  • Heade exhibits his first work

  • Paul Lacriox's name is first listed in a directory in America.

    It is not known when he moved from France to America.
  • Heade settles in New York

  • Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species"

  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • Period: to

    Heade tavels to Brazil to create scientific illustrations

  • Brazillian Ruby is painted

    Brazillian Ruby is painted
  • Water Lillies is painted

    Water Lillies is painted
  • Brown, along with other artists, founds the Brooklyn Academy of Design

  • Brown makes the shift from landscape painting to still-life painting

  • Paul Lacroix dies in New York

  • Raspberries on the Forest Interior Floor is completed

    Raspberries on the Forest Interior Floor is completed
  • Forest Rsserve Act passes

  • William Mason Brown dies

  • Martin Johnson Heade dies