Paintings georgia o keeffe art flowers. Red hills and bones 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. Two calla lily on pink by georgia okeeffe.
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. Sky above clouds iv by georgia okeeffe. Summer days by georgia okeeffe.
The white flower by georgia okeeffe. Red hill and white shell by georgia okeeffe. While her work varied between the literal portraits abstractions and landscapes okeeffes work is still most identified by her iconic flower paintings.
One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of. Combining the artists personal association with her botanical subject the composition of the painting is at the same time rapturous feminine and deeply modern. 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.
The shelton with sunspots by georgia okeeffe.