Georgia o keeffe paintings

Georgia O'Keeffe - Blue Morning Glories (1935)

“To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

In 1923, Georgia O’Keeffe visited York Beach, Maine. Meanwhile, more than two hundred miles away, Alfred Stieglitz was back at his summer home in Lake...

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The exhibition brings to light a relatively unknown aspect of Georgia O’Keeffe’s art and thinking—her deep respect for the diverse and distinctive cultures of northern New Mexico. Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture, Katsinam, and the Land features 53 O’Keeffe works including 15 rarely seen pictures of different Hopi katsina tihu, along with examples of these types of figures.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. — Alice Walker

Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction | Whitney Museum of American Art

O'Keeffe was initially attracted to flowers due to their intricate forms and colors. She experimented with forms and approaches before settling on a close-up approach in depicting them, which brought out the delicate details and forms of each flower. Georgia O'Keeffe. Calla Lilies, 1924. Oil on canvas. Private collection. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum