Georgia O'Keeffe
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The first thing you notice about this book is its size. It's monumentally huge. One of the most awesome art book I have seen and the size perfectly captures the power of O'Keeffe's work.
Georgia O’Keeffe stands out as one of the great American artists of the 20th century. With her exceptionally keen powers of observation and fine, controlled brushwork, she was able to capture and communicate her individualistic response to the raw brilliance of nature to a wide audience. Her emotionally tender, intimate and compelling paintings fused an American style with a European sensibility which, together with her artistic brilliance, revolutionized modern art in her time and continues to influence artists to this day. Known mostly for her large canvasses of magnificent flowers, O’Keeffe’s work was far broader than that. The themes she painted were rooted in the natural world that she loved so dearly; the subjects she returned to again and again were landscapes, trees and flowers, as well as objects that she found around her: apples and avocados, a North American Indian doll or the bones, shells and stones that she collected in South Carolina, Texas, New York and New Mexico.
This book presents over 100 of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works in spectacular giant size. The chapters are arranged chronologically tracing the journey she made through life - from her early work to living in New York and her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz, her growing confidence as she became more independent and, finally in her later years, revisiting the abstract forms that initially had brought her to
Stieglitz’s attention and so to fame.
Georgia O’Keeffe died in 1986 and left behind an important legacy of vibrant flowers, landscapes, still lifes and intriguing abstract images. Her work continues to attract artists and art lovers who derive great joy and inspiration from these very American images. Featured works
include: Calla Lily Turned Away, Purple Petunias, Abstraction White Rose, Peach, Black Cross, Banana Flower, Jimson Weed, Gerald’s Tree I, Ram’s Head, Blue Morning Glory, Bleeding Heart, White Flower on Red Earth I, Pelvis with Distance, In the Patio VIII, Pink and Green, Above the
Clouds I, and many more.
Georgia O’Keeffe was one of the most successful American artists of the twentieth century, and her dramatic and iconic paintings are recognised throughout the world today. In this spectacular giant format book, over 100 reproductions of O’Keeffe’s most important work are accompanied by
Lauris
Morgan-Griffiths’ expert and insightful commentary on all aspects of the artist’s life, influences and paintings. The book begins with O’Keeffe’s
early life and studies, focusing on her early inspirations, and continues chronologically exploring the influences and the stories behind some of her most important works - including her famous flower paintings. Featuring some of the most iconic and significant artworks of the 20th century, including
Evening Star series Purple Petunias and Pelvis Series, Red and Yellow and Above the Clouds,
this is a book that will appeal to Georgia O’Keeffe enthusiasts and art lovers alike.
New though not sealed. None of these books have come sealed. 1 in stock.
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