O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887–1986). Painter
Few twentieth-century artists so convincingly registered the transcendental American attraction to physical fact as a manifestation of some unknowable reality. During a long career, she painted abstractions, flowers, landscapes, still lifes, cityscapes, and New Mexican vistas. Her controlled technique typically contrasts sharp edges with sweeping color areas. Although many works include dramatic spatial recession, she remained particularly attentive to the decorative design of painted surfaces. After ... ...
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