Georgia o keefe art

A talented painter, Georgia O’Keeffe has been commonly confused to have based her many close-up flower works on the female genitalia. This is not the case however. O’Keeffe expressed th…

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Georgia O'keeffe | Petunias, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1925

Pinned as Georgia O'Keefe Flower Paintings, Painted by Renee Coates. http://www.52pieces.com/52_pieces/2008/08/piece-32-2008.html

Georgia O'Keeffe Style Flowers

Throughout the years, artists around the world have striven to create the most beautiful paintings of flowers, but few have achieved the acclaim of Georgia O’Keeffe famous oil paintings. Description from iloveoilpaintings.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images

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

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...