From the artist's life
O'Keeffe resisted readings of her giant flowers as erotic, insisting she simply painted them big so busy New Yorkers would finally stop and look.
Source: Wikipedia / WikimediaAmerican Modernism
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) was the Mother of American modernism, famous for monumental close-up flowers and the stark landscapes of New Mexico. She turned the natural world into bold, near-abstract form.
O'Keeffe forged an independent American modernism and became an icon of artistic and personal freedom.
- Called the Mother of American modernism.
- Painted monumental close-up flowers and the New Mexico desert.
- Turned nature into bold, near-abstract form.
Key works
Where to start
Complete list of key works
Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.
- Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1On ArtAtlas
- Blue and Green MusicListed for reference
- Black IrisListed for reference
- A StormListed for reference
- Flower paintings of Georgia O'KeeffeListed for reference
- My Shanty, Lake GeorgeListed for reference
- Oriental PoppiesListed for reference
- The FlagListed for reference
- Lake George ReflectionListed for reference
- Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-HillsListed for reference
- Horse's Skull on BlueListed for reference
1932
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
In 2014 it sold for $44.4 million — then a record for a work by a woman artist.