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Heade was greatly influenced by artists in the 10th Street Studio in New York City. One of these artists was Frederic Edwin Church. Church was considered to be one of the greatest painters in America, and Heade greatly admired Church's landscape paintings, especially Niagara. Many of Heade's paintings appear to be influenced by the landscapes of Church, most notably with Heade's Study of an Orchid, which has waterfalls and a cliff, two features common to Church's paintings.
Frederic Edwin Church