O'Keeffe, Georgia

American born Georgia O'Keeffe was a painter whose fame was in the purity of such noted still lifes as White Flower on Red, Red Cannas, Red Canna, and Two Pears. Born in Sun Prairie Wisconsin, Georgia O’Keeffe attended both the Art Institute of Chicago and New York City’s Art Students League. Alfred Stieglitz, later to become her husband, displayed her paintings in his New York City gallery in 1916. Gorgeous O’Keefe works were displayed there until Stieglitz’s death in 1946. For more information, visit our great collection of Georgia O’Keeffe paintings. In 1949 her move to New Mexico influenced Georgia O’Keeffe to produce some of her best known works – larger than life still lifes of desert scenery and flowers. Her subjects are realistic although painted in a stark linear fashion, with clear and thin colors and bold abstract patterns. Many Georgia O’Keeffe still life works have the contrast of realism with some abstract effects. One in particular is her 1926 rendition of Black Iris, which hands in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. She took a very realistic look of the black iris, but enlarged it so massively that its details actually become surprising, seeming to be unfamiliar. In the 1960’s Georgia O’Keefe became entranced with airplanes as her mode of transportation. O’Keefe paintings with clouds and sky began to emerge on a regular basis. One of her largest works is the 1965 Sky Above Clouds, which has a massive width of 24 feet. O’Keefe paintings, reproductions of which are available online, are displayed all over the United States, both in public and private museums as well as private home collections.