Georgia okeeffe flowers. By the early 1920s when okeeffe turned her attention to representational painting she had used flowers as subject matter for almost two decades and had been exposed to advanced photographic techniques for at least half a decade. Red hills and bones by georgia okeeffe. Over the course of her career she created somewhere around 200 images of flowers.
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. 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. 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. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist.
Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. Nobody sees a flower really it is so small it takes time we havent time and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time georgia okeeffe georgia okeeffes art with. One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of.
The georgia okeeffe museum was established in santa fe in 1997 11 years after the artists death. Flower of life ii 1925 1918 by georgia okeeffe click image to view detail. 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.
Red hills with flowers by georgia okeeffe. 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.
Georgia okeeffe was a 20th century american painter and pioneer of american modernism best known for her canvases depicting flowers skyscrapers animal skulls and southwestern landscapes. Sky above clouds iv by georgia okeeffe. Summer days by georgia okeeffe.
Many of okeeffes works featured images of flowers. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. Two calla lily on pink by georgia okeeffe.