"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.”
Georgia O’Keefe played a crucial role in the development of American modernism art. She sought to capture the power and emotions of objects through abstracting the natural world. Georgia O’Keeffe lived for almost an entire century. Born November 15th 1887 and died on March 6th 1986 at the age of 98, O’Keeffe survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. She was an iconic artist in American modernism, best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers and New Mexico landscapes. O’Keefe is often recognised as the “Mother of American Modernism”. O’Keeffe has remained one of the most significant …show more content…
Strongly inspired by the vibrancy of the modern art movement, O’Keeffe began experimenting with perspective, painting large-scale close-up paintings of flowers. The first of these artworks was ‘Petunia No.2’ , which exhibited in 1925, soon followed by works including the ‘Black Iris’(1926) and ‘Oriental Poppies’(1928). O’Keeffe declared: “ If I could paint the flower exactly as i saw it no one would see what I see because I would paint it quite small like the flower is small. So I said to myself, I’ll paint what I see, what the flower means to me, but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at …show more content…
She was one of the first artists to adapt this method by painting close-ups of uniquely American objects, which were displayed as highly detailed yet abstract. O’Keeffe worked in series, incorporating abstraction and realism to produce artworks that emphasised various forms of nature. While several of her works remain highly detailed, an extensive amount of her works were created by stripping away what was considered ‘inessential’ to focus on the shape and colour and create an abstract theme. Through extreme observation off natures beauty, extensive experimentation with scale and a variation of line and colour, O’Keeffe’s art became iconic in American Modernism Art.
Georgia O’Keeffe was an iconic figure in the 1920’s, known for her innovative works of art, her independent spirit and as a female role model. Although her works show elements of various modernist movements including Surrealism and Precisionism, her work became uniquely her own style. O’Keeffe received remarkable acceptance as a strong female artists from the fine art world as a result of her powerful, graphic images. She was influential to artists of the Feminist movement, including Judy Chicago and Miriam Shapiro, who recognised Feminist imagery throughout her flower
Georgia O’Keefe played a crucial role in the development of American modernism art. She sought to capture the power and emotions of objects through abstracting the natural world. Georgia O’Keeffe lived for almost an entire century. Born November 15th 1887 and died on March 6th 1986 at the age of 98, O’Keeffe survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. She was an iconic artist in American modernism, best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers and New Mexico landscapes. O’Keefe is often recognised as the “Mother of American Modernism”. O’Keeffe has remained one of the most significant …show more content…
Strongly inspired by the vibrancy of the modern art movement, O’Keeffe began experimenting with perspective, painting large-scale close-up paintings of flowers. The first of these artworks was ‘Petunia No.2’ , which exhibited in 1925, soon followed by works including the ‘Black Iris’(1926) and ‘Oriental Poppies’(1928). O’Keeffe declared: “ If I could paint the flower exactly as i saw it no one would see what I see because I would paint it quite small like the flower is small. So I said to myself, I’ll paint what I see, what the flower means to me, but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at …show more content…
She was one of the first artists to adapt this method by painting close-ups of uniquely American objects, which were displayed as highly detailed yet abstract. O’Keeffe worked in series, incorporating abstraction and realism to produce artworks that emphasised various forms of nature. While several of her works remain highly detailed, an extensive amount of her works were created by stripping away what was considered ‘inessential’ to focus on the shape and colour and create an abstract theme. Through extreme observation off natures beauty, extensive experimentation with scale and a variation of line and colour, O’Keeffe’s art became iconic in American Modernism Art.
Georgia O’Keeffe was an iconic figure in the 1920’s, known for her innovative works of art, her independent spirit and as a female role model. Although her works show elements of various modernist movements including Surrealism and Precisionism, her work became uniquely her own style. O’Keeffe received remarkable acceptance as a strong female artists from the fine art world as a result of her powerful, graphic images. She was influential to artists of the Feminist movement, including Judy Chicago and Miriam Shapiro, who recognised Feminist imagery throughout her flower