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Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe. 1887-1986. O’Keeffe chose natural objects as her subject matter. Shell No. 1 1928. Her artwork was greatly influenced by her love of the American Southwest. Red Hills and Pedernal. O’Keeffe was a master at subtlety blending colors to show shadow and depth.

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Georgia O’Keeffe

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  1. Georgia O’Keeffe 1887-1986

  2. O’Keeffe chose natural objects as her subject matter. Shell No. 11928

  3. Her artwork was greatly influenced by her love of the American Southwest. Red Hills and Pedernal

  4. O’Keeffe was a master at subtlety blending colors to show shadow and depth. She sometimes used an almost monochromatic color scheme. Cow’s Skull with Roses 1931

  5. O’Keeffe is best known for her paintings of flowers Iris, 1929

  6. She would paint greatly enlarged, close-up images of the flower. In this way she would force the viewer to look at an ordinary object in a new way. Blue Morning Glories

  7. Two Jimson Weeds with Green Leaves and Blue Sky 1935

  8. Oriental Poppies, 1927

  9. Red Poppy

  10. Sometimes she would paint an image of a flower so closely that it became an abstraction, and no longer resembled a flower. Red Canna1923

  11. Jack-in-the-Pulpit II, 1930 Jack-in-the-Pulpit IV, 1930

  12. Jack-in-the-Pulpit V, 1930

  13. Purple Petunias1925

  14. Georgia O’Keeffe is recognized as one of the outstanding American artists of the 20th century. Two Calla Lillies on Pink

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