Martin Johnson Heade Field with Haystacks—Gray Sky (1874) Oil on canvas, 14 1/8 x 28 inches Purchased with funds donated by the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation This image of a New Jersey salt marsh hayfield is an example of a Luminist landscape.  The quiet scene focuses on the effects of light, especially as it reflects off water.  Scenes such as this provide a contrast with the work of Heade’s contemporaries such as Fredrick Edwin Church and Albert Bierstadt.  With those artists dealt with the dramatic ideas of Manifest Destiny, Heade utilized his folk art background to depict the tranquility and peace of ordinary scenes.