Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) has long been regarded as the center figure of the art of the 20th century, but the abstract work she created through her career is still generally ignored by critics and her expression I will support. Theme In 1915 O'Keeffe abstracted a series of charcoal paintings, one of the most extreme pieces of work in the United States at that time. With these and subsequent abstractions O'Keefe tries to transcribe her incredible thoughts and emotions. The output of her abstract works declined since 1930, but she returned to abstraction with a new vocabulary in the mid 1940's and provided a precedent for younger generation abstractists. By putting ourselves in this untouched work area, it is too late recognition of her status as one of the first abstract artists in the United States.

The exhibition includes more than 125 O'Keefe paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, and the famous O'Keefe photo portrait series of Alfred Stiglitz. The exhibition is accompanied by a complete catalog of illustrations, articles by organizers, excerpts from letters of Stieglitz-O'Keeffe that have not been recently sealed, and the background chronology of O'Keefe's art and living.

The curator team led by Barbara Haskell of Whitney Curator includes Emilie Fisher Landau, Director of the Barbara Burer Rhodes, Curator of the Georgia O'keeff Museum of Art, Director of the O'Keefe Museum Research Center in Georgia, the Santa Barbara University of California, Professor of Architectural History, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia University of the Arts, Guest Curator at Phillips Collection, and Sasha Nicholas of Whitney Couture Assistant. Georgia O'Keeffe: The abstract trip will be from February 6 to May 9, 2010 to the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC and a trip from 28th to 10th September 2010 to the Georgia O'Keeffe museum in Santa Fe To do.

Daniel and the Pamera Devos Foundation, Shen Family Foundation, Jody and John Arnold, Karen and Kevin Kennedy Foundation, and Barney A. Ebsworth provided important support for Whitney's announcement.

Harry Ahn and Harvey M. Ross, Zac Family Foundation of Donald and Barbara, Eugene McDermott Fund Yes, The Foundation of the Cowles Charity Trust, Judy and Stanley Katz, Michelle and Lawrence Lasser, Family Foundation of Karen and Paul Levy, Johanna and Leslie Garfield, Marica and Jan Vilcek, and some anonymous donors

"The artistic achievement of Georgia O'Keefe will be considered from the new perspective of O'Keefe, Georgia: abstract, a landmark exhibition debuted at the Phillips Collection O'Keeffe (1887-1986) has long believed Although it has been Georgia O'Keeffe: one of the central figures of the art of the 20th century, the radical abstract work she created in her career over many years is still not as famous as its representative art This exhibition is one of the greatest works of O'Keefe ever and will be on display from February 6th to May 9th, 2010.

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887 as a dairy farmer in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her parents are Francis Calyxtus O`Keeffe and Ida Totto O`Keeffe. Georgia is the second of seven children. When she was young, she accepted art class at home. She moved to Virginia in 1903 and graduated from high school in 1905. In the second half of that year, O'Keefe went to study painting at the Chicago Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois. In 1907 she studied at the Art · Student Union in New York where she studied with William Merritt Chase. In 1908, she was awarded the Alliance William Merritt Chase Still Life Award for her oil painting "Untitled" (copper can). Her bonus is a scholarship to join Lake George's alliance outdoor summer school. York It was during that time that she was familiar with the 291 Gallery. It is owned by famous photographer Alfred Stieglitz and her future husband.

Georgia Tot O'Keeffe is an American artist widely known as one of the great modernist painters of the 20th century. O'Keefe has been an important person in American art for more than 70 years. She is known for the blending of abstraction and pictimism. The style she uses emphasizes the change in contours and subtle color tones. And that often turns the theme into a powerful abstract image. Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887 as a dairy farmer in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her parents are Francis Calyxtus O`Keeffe and Ida Totto O`Keeffe. Georgia is the second of seven children. When she was young, she accepted art class at home. She moved to Virginia in 1903 and graduated from high school in 1905.