O Keefe Art

As a young artist o keeffe was influenced by the works of many artists and photographers bridging the world of avant garde art in europe before world war i such as the work of paul cezanne and pablo picasso with the new modernist artists in america such as arthur dove when o keeffe came upon dove s work in 1914 he was already a leading figure of the american modernist movement his.

O keefe art.

Georgia totto o keeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. O keeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. 1 855 641 6957 toll free o keefe arts. Incredible use of light and shadows make melanie s paintings appear incredibly real.

She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. Keffee painted the tree as she reclined on a bench and looked at the night sky above. This painting shows a huge ponderosa pine in the d h lawrence ranch new mexico where keeffe had once stayed with a wealthy american mabel dodge luhan who was an art patron also instrumental in bringing the modernists to taos art colony. Gelatin silver print 3 1 2 x 4 1 2 inches.

Art artist materials archives books homes and artist s possessions people organizations about explore the life art of georgia o keeffe and her circle. It is realism art at it s finest. Georgia o keeffe 1887 1986 was a groundbreaking modernist painter who digressed from realism to express her own visionary style. In 1905 o keeffe began her serious formal art training at the school of the art institute of chicago and then the art students league of.

Georgia o keeffe was a 20th century american painter and pioneer of american modernism best known for her canvases depicting flowers skyscrapers animal skulls and southwestern landscapes. Offers high quality fine art reproductions of landscape oil paintings in the famous hudson river school style.