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Entries in Georgia O'Keeffe (11)

Wednesday
May272020

Quote of the Day

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.” - Georgia O’Keeffe

Wednesday
Apr172019

Did You Know?

Georgia O'Keeffe preferred a very specific, very cramped space as her studio: a Model-A Ford. In order to shield herself from the harsh sun present in the desert landscapes she painted, she would take out the drivers seat and reverse the passenger seat so that it faced the back. Then, she would place the canvas on the back seat and paint from the passenger seat. This also kept her safe from bees.

Wednesday
Jul122017

Quote of the Day

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.  Making your unknown known is the important thing.” - Georgia O’Keeffe

Wednesday
May112016

Quote of the Day

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.  Making your unknown known is the important thing.” - Georgia O’Keeffe

Monday
Feb112013

The Precisionism of Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe - The Radiator Building at Night- New York, 1927, oil on canvas, Carl van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts, Fisk UniversityWe’ve already presented works by Precisionist artists Charles Demuth and Charles Sheeler on What About Art? Precisionism was an artistic movement that emerged in the United States after World War I and was at its height during the inter-War period. The term itself was first coined in the early 1920s. Influenced strongly by Cubism and Futurism, its main themes included industrialization and the modernization of the American landscape, which were depicted in precise, sharply defined, geometrical forms. The themes originated from the streamlined architecture and machinery of the early 1900s. Precisionist artists considered themselves strictly American and tried to avoid European artistic influences. There is a degree of reverence for the industrial age in the movement, and social commentary was not fundamental to the style. The degree of abstraction in Precisionist works ranged considerably. One keen practitioner of it was Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)--with her intense clarity well-defined lines. This is particularly evident in her urban works--which are sometimes forgotten given her association with natural subjects and the New Mexico landscape. But Georgia was also very much an urbanite at certain points in her life--and a Precisionist approach was quite suitable for her renderings of life in the city.