Most Famous Georgia O Keeffe Paintings

O keeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism.

Most famous georgia o keeffe paintings.

Georgia o keeffe was an american artist who is known for her revolutionary paintings and for being the leading figure of the art movement american modernism which started at the turn of the twentieth century her most famous artworks are those which provide a dramatically large sensual close up of flowers as if they are being seen through a magnifying lens. Grey lines with black blue and yellow by georgia o keeffe. Georgia totto o keeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. Light iris by georgia o keeffe.

Selected georgia o keeffe paintings jimson weed by georgia o keeffe. She was renowned for her over sized flowers beauteous landscapes of new mexico and plush skyscrapers of new york made between 1925 and 1929. In 1905 o keeffe began her serious formal art training at the school of the art institute of chicago and then the art students league of. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes.

Georgia o keeffe paintings o keeffe s rise to fame was against all the odds both as a female and in the modern style which she made her own the bold modernist style of o keeffe adorn this colourful section which features all the themes that you would expect to find in a summary of her work large scale flowers animal bones plus landscapes.