Georgia o keeffe paintings flowers. The shelton with sunspots by georgia okeeffe. She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. The painting black iris from 1926 shows the magnified blossom removed from its natural context manifesting the highly evocative and sensual overtones that are the hallmarks of okeeffes finest flower paintings.
Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of. Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism.
Summer days by georgia okeeffe. Red hill and white shell by georgia okeeffe. 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.
Red hills and bones by georgia okeeffe. Combining the artists personal association with her botanical subject the composition of the painting is at the same time rapturous feminine and deeply modern. Sky above clouds iv by georgia okeeffe.
Two calla lily on pink by georgia okeeffe. Red hills with flowers by georgia okeeffe. Georgia okeeffe flower paintings okeeffes career was long and varied but the theme for which she will always be most famous is of course flowers it is these that have established her as one of the major figures of american art and also highly influential female artist.