A look at the life and artistic brilliance of Georgia O'Keeffe. Ranked among the vanguard of modern art, her paintings vividly portrayed the power and emotion of objects of nature, first seen in he...
A look at the life and artistic brilliance of Georgia O'Keeffe. Ranked among the vanguard of modern art, her paintings vividly portrayed the power and emotion of objects of nature, first seen in her charcoal drawings of silhouetted bud-like forms exhibited in 1916 that brought her fame. During the 1920s, she explored this theme in her paintings of flowers. Her purpose was to convey that nature in all its beauty was as powerful as the widespread industrialization of the period. After spending a summer at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico, she began a life-long love affair with the area. Enthralled by the barren landscape and expansive skies she explored these subjects in her paintings. Just as with the flowers, she painted the desert area magnifying and capturing the stillness and remoteness, while expressing a sense of beauty that lies within the desert. Her paintings have become synonymous with Ghost Ranch, introducing the area to the rest of the world.
Orginally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.
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She really loved the Great State of New Mexico in such a way that she showcased it to others so that one day they'd come to a state of REAL natural beauty!
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