Georgia okeeffe flower paintings. Georgia okeeffe georgia okeeffe was a modern day fine artist of flower oil paintings born in wisconsin in 1887. Selected georgia okeeffe paintings. The painting red canna from 1924 is part of this series.
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. One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of 2014. But a new tate modern retrospective of georgia okeeffe a giant of american 20th century modernism is to challenge the conservative male and widely accepted assumptions that her famous.
Close up detail were found in most okeeffe flower paintings but you will find from the display in this section that she spread her work across a great range of plants. The artist explained that she wanted to reflect the way she saw these flowers expressing herself through the use of vibrant colors like red yellow and orange. Flower paintings had always previously seen as traditional still life art in which artists would show off their technical skills but not so much their creative flair.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. Georgia o keeffe a famous american painter was regarded as the mother of american modernism because of the unique themes and symbolism her paintings focused upon. She was renowned for her over sized flowers beauteous landscapes of new mexico and plush skyscrapers of new york made between 1925 and 1929.
It is these that have established her as one of the major figures of american art and also highly influential female artist. Grey lines with black blue and yellow by georgia okeeffe. Georgia okeeffe 1887 1986 was an american artist from the state of wisconsin who specialised in depictions of enlarged flowers skyscrapers and landscapes.
During her art career she became one of americans distinguished female artists. She attended the art institute of chicago in 1905 1906 and at the art students league new york 19071908. Poppy by georgia okeeffe.
Light iris by georgia okeeffe. Jimson weed by georgia okeeffe. Georgia okeeffe has produced a number of paintings of the canna lily plant primarily abstractions of close up images.