Georgia okeefe flowers. Yellow calla by georgia okeeffe. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. 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 by georgia okeeffe. Two calla lily on pink by georgia okeeffe. Red hills and bones 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. 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. The piece titled jimson weedwhite flower no1 was painted in 1932 and is an iconic representation of a large scale flower.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. Summer days by georgia okeeffe. Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism.
Sky above clouds iv by georgia okeeffe. Okeeffes jimson weedwhite flower no. Although intertwined in different theoretical readings what definitely remains the truth is the remarkable beauty and aesthetic perfection of georgia okeeffe flowers.
Georgia okeeffe red hills with flowers. The white flower by georgia okeeffe. Red hills with flowers by georgia okeeffe.