Georgia okeeffe artwork flowers. Red hills and bones by georgia okeeffe. In 1905 okeeffe began her serious formal art training at the school of the art institute of chicago and then the art students league of. Georgia okeeffe paintings okeeffes rise to fame was against all the odds both as a female and in the modern style which she made her own the bold modernist style of okeeffe adorn this colourful section which features all the themes that you would expect to find in a summary of her work large scale flowers animal bones plus landscapes.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. Following the fame that surrounded her flower paintings georgia okeeffe was invited by dole pineapple company to hawaii in 1939 to create paintings for the islands advertising campaign.
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 with flowers by georgia okeeffe. The shelton with sunspots 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. Summer days by georgia okeeffe. Two calla lily on pink by georgia okeeffe.
After visiting maui oahu hawaii and kauai she created around twenty canvases of the rich nature of the archipelago depicting dramatic gorges. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. Sky above clouds iv by georgia okeeffe.