Georgia okeeffe paintings skull. To okeeffe such bones represented the deserts enduring beauty and the strength of the american spirit which is alluded to in the striped background. The horses skull on blue 1930 by georgia okeeffe click image to view detail. 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.
Around the time of the paintings creation american artists musicians and writers were interested in identifying a uniquely american style and subject matter for their work. Click image to view detail. 1013 x 911 cm.
At the end of her second visit in 1930 she shipped a barrel of bones back to lake george new york where cows skull. Okeeffe actively sought out dramatic even surreal looking objects and landscapes while living part time in the new mexico desert a residency she began in 1929. Pelvis with the distance by georgia okeeffe.
Pattern of leaves by georgia okeeffe. It is done in oil on canvas and measures 39 78 x 35 78 inches. Over the yearsokeeffe became an antiauthoritarian revolutionary the notoriety of her lifestyle sometimes overcoming the originality of her work.
Red white and blue was painted. Cows skull with calico roses 1931 by georgia okeeffe click image to view detail. She shunned european traditions and influence and resisted all manner of paternalism.
Red white and blue was created by okeeffe in 1931. Deers skull with pedernal 1936. Women modernists in new york at norton museum of art west palm beach.
Red white and blue 1931 by georgia okeeffe. Deers skull with pedernal 1936 by georgia okeeffe click image to view detail. Okeeffe stettheimer torr zorach.
In this work okeeffe isolates a single skull highlighting its jagged edges worn surfaces and bleached color. The men were all talking about the great american novel the great american playthe great american everything said georgia okeeffe. Deers skull with pedernal by georgia okeeffe.
Out of context the skull in this painting assumes a monumentality and iconic significance. Yellow hickory leaves with daisy by georgia okeeffe. Okeeffe began collecting bones during her first summer in new mexico.