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Red Canna by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1923, University of Arizonia Art Museum.
Everyone has many associations with a flower - the idea of flowers. Still-in a way - nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small - we haven' t the time...So I said to myself - I'll paint what I see - what the flower looks like to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it. - Georgia O'Keeffe,
Georgia O'Keeffe, Viking, 1973.
Autumn Leaves, Lake George, NY, 1924 by Georgia O'Keeffe.
It was in the fall of 1924 that Alfred Stieglitz divorced his wife and asked Georgia O'Keeffe to marry him even though they had been together for at least six years by this time. They visited his family's home at Lake George every year.
Oriental Poppies, 1927 by Georgia O'Keeffe,
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum.If someone asks, buy a poppy, but why a poppy?
- Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
The Flatiron, 1920 by Alfred Stieglitz.
Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe were married in 1924. By this time his career as an innovative photographer had been established and hers as a painter, was beginning.
Radiator Building - Night, New York, 1927 by Georgia O'Keeffe.
O'Keeffe's skyscrapers come from her time in New York. She was an artist whose environment was her inspiration and drove her work.
Water Lily by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
I saw this lovely pastel drawing by Georgia O'Keeffe today and had to feature it. It is different from her larger, closer, interpretations of flowers, but no less striking. The
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and features not only her work, but that of many of her contemporaries.
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