Georgia O'Keeffe
2nd Edition
Published on 6. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-500-20491-7 (ISBN)
Description
A revised edition of this classic survey that presents a thorough overview of Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades. Throughout that long and prolific career she remained true to her unique artistic vision, creating a highly individual style that synthesized the formal language of modern European abstraction and the themes of traditional American pictorialism. The main subjects to which she returned again and again were the flowers, animal bones and the landscapes around her studios in Lake George, New York, and finally New Mexico, with which she has been ultimately identified.
This comprehensive and illuminating book by a noted scholar on O'Keeffe and her work, surveys the complete oeuvre - drawings, watercolours and paintings from all periods - and explains her life in the context of her artistic output. Now revised with updated bibliography, this edition features colour reproductions of artworks throughout.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades. Throughout that long and prolific career she remained true to her unique artistic vision, creating a highly individual style that synthesized the formal language of modern European abstraction and the themes of traditional American pictorialism. The main subjects to which she returned again and again were the flowers, animal bones and the landscapes around her studios in Lake George, New York, and finally New Mexico, with which she has been ultimately identified.
This comprehensive and illuminating book by a noted scholar on O'Keeffe and her work, surveys the complete oeuvre - drawings, watercolours and paintings from all periods - and explains her life in the context of her artistic output. Now revised with updated bibliography, this edition features colour reproductions of artworks throughout.
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Series
Edition
New Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
120 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-20491-7 (9780500204917)
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Person
Lisa Mintz Messinger studied art history at New York and Boston Universities and subsequently joined the curatorial staff at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. An independent art curator, she was Associate Curator of Modern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is a noted authority on Georgia O'Keeffe and her work. Her many publications include the exhibition catalogues Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe (2011) and Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1992).
Content
Preface
Introduction
1. Early Work: Finding Her Own Voice
2. In New York: First Oil Paintings
3. Lake George
4. New York City: Architectural Subjects
5. Abstractions and Transitions
6. From New York to New Mexico
7. Bones: Skulls and Pelvises
8. The New Mexico Landscape: Ghost Ranch
9. The Abiquiu House and Patio
10. Late Work: Influenced by Travel
Introduction
1. Early Work: Finding Her Own Voice
2. In New York: First Oil Paintings
3. Lake George
4. New York City: Architectural Subjects
5. Abstractions and Transitions
6. From New York to New Mexico
7. Bones: Skulls and Pelvises
8. The New Mexico Landscape: Ghost Ranch
9. The Abiquiu House and Patio
10. Late Work: Influenced by Travel