Creator story
Surprising fact
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
A key work by Georgia O'Keeffe
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1932
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is one of Georgia O'Keeffe's defining works.