Artist georgia okeeffe flowers. Okeeffe was very assertive as a woman but was always very keen to assert that she was an important artist not just an important female artist georgia okeeffe at tate modern 6 july. Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. In 2014 the georgia okeefe museum sold a floral painting for 44 million dollars at auction setting the record for artwork sold by a female artist.
Red hills with flowers 1937 georgia okeeffe. View georgia okeeffes 309 artworks on artnet. Georgia okeeffe was a seminal american artist known for her oil paintings of animal skulls and flowers.
One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of. Judy chicago celebrated okeeffe in her work the diner party where she gave her a place setting with the vaginal ceramic portrait. Georgia okeeffe 1887 1986 was an american artist from the state of wisconsin who specialised in depictions of enlarged flowers skyscrapers and landscapes.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. In 2014 okeeffes jimson weedwhite flower no. 1 sold at auction for 444 million which is still the record for a woman artist in later decades many artists held up okeeffe as a feminist role model which she refuted until her death in 1986 at age 98 saying shed rather be thought of as an artist than a woman.
Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. See available paintings works on paper and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist.
White shell with red 1938 georgia okeeffe. Yellow hickory leaves with daisy 1928 georgia okeeffe. Ballet skirt or electric light 1927 georgia okeeffe.
For them georgia okeeffe flowers were metaphorical representations of female body created in contrast to the traditions of female nudes painted by male artists and from male audiences. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. While her work varied between the literal portraits abstractions and landscapes okeeffes work is still most identified by her iconic flower paintings.
The american artist georgia okeeffe is best known for her close up or large scale flower paintings which she painted from the mid 1920s through the 1950s. The shelton with sunspots ny 1926 georgia okeeffe.