Original georgia okeeffe flower paintings. 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. Georgia okeeffe has produced a number of paintings of the canna lily plant primarily abstractions of close up images. Selected georgia okeeffe paintings.
She stripped her subjects to their purest forms and colors to heighten their expressive power. Series i white and blue flower shapes 1919 painting. More from this artist similar designs.
Original artwork for sale. The painting red canna from 1924 is part of this series. 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.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. 1 by georgia okeeffe.
Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. Georgia okeeffe hibiscus with plumeria 1939. Georgia okeeffe red canna 1919 high museum of art atlanta georgia 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.
Autumn leaves by georgia okeeffe. 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. 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.
Jimson weed by georgia okeeffe. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. Grey lines with black blue and yellow by georgia okeeffe.
Poppy by georgia okeeffe. All georgia o keeffe paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30 day money back guarantee. Jimson weedwhite flower no.
Garnering legendary status as early as the 1920s okeeffes work is instantly recognizable and her jimson weed white flower no. Light iris by georgia okeeffe. Abstraction white rose by georgia okeeffe.
1 1932 holds the record for highest price paid for a painting by a woman.