Bøger af Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe's singular flower studies pre? sented the familiar in a new way. Her closeup images are sensual and resonant, sometimes verging on abstraction, and they brought her inter? national acclaim. The first American female painter to gain worldwide respect from both critics and the general public, O'Keeffe was a giant in the canon of 20th?century art. Twelve of her gorgeous flower paintings are on display in this mini wall calendar.

Bold in color and composition but with a remarkable, sensual sensitivity, Georgia O'Keeffe's flower paintings stunned critics and the public alike. A pioneer of Modernism, she walked her own path in the art world, making noteworthy and influential progress without sounding any great fanfare of her own. Experimenting with abstraction and color, she created a style that is as original as it is powerful. O'Keeffe lived to be 98 years old and completed over 2,000 works-an oeuvre that has forever left its stamp on American art. Twelve of her striking depictions of flora are showcased in this calendar.

Georgia: O'Keeffe: In the West, is the definitive in-depth look at the culminating period in Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work in the American Southwest. Although she began her career as a painter in the East, O’Keeffe considered the West her spiritual home, as well as the greatest source of inspiration. This book features the paintings, both widely published and previously unknown, that linked Georgia O’Keeffe and the Southwest forever in the collective American consciousness.