georgia o’keefe american painter (1887-1986)
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Georgia O’Keefe American Painter (1887-1986). An up close look. Who was Georgia O’Keefe?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Georgia O’KeefeAmerican Painter (1887-1986)
An up close look
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Who was Georgia O’Keefe?• Nobody sees a flower, really, it is so small. We haven't time - and to see
takes time like to have a friend takes time. If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. So I said to myself - I'll paint what I see - what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers. ...Well, I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I don't.- Georgia O'Keeffe
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Who was Georgia O’Keefe?
• born on November 15, 1887
• As a child she received art lessons at home, and her abilities were quickly recognized and encouraged by teachers throughout her school years. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O'Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist.
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Who was Georgia O’Keefe?
• O'Keeffe pursued studies at the Art Institute of Chicago (1905–1906) and at the Art Students League, New York (1907–1908), where she was quick to master the principles of the approach to art-making that then formed the basis of the curriculum—imitative realism.
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Who was Georgia O’Keefe?
• A pioneer of Modernism in America
• An art teacher in both public school and at the college level
• Wife of Alfred Steglitz –father of modern photography
• Best known for her abstract paintings of up close flowers.
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What was her theory on painting?
• "I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could...I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at...not copy it.“
http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsXI/OKeeffeIII.html
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Question?
•Have you ever felt discouraged in your own art because you couldn’t make your image “look real”?
•Or made to feel less of an artist because your work didn’t look as “good” as your peers?
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Artists struggle with these same questions!
O'Keeffe had originally been trained in 19th century "imitative realism," where the goal was to try to reproduce nature and life as one saw it. But she was discouraged with this method, and she gave up painting until she saw the work of Arthur Dove, who articulated his aim in painting as to express his emotions on canvas. What O'Keeffe was wrestling with was a philosophical weakness in "realism," and that weakness is the assumption that you can reproduce something precisely as it is and that, further, you ought to do so.
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
• "Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time--like to have a friend takes time.“
http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsXI/OKeeffeIII.html
Red Canna, Georgia O’Keefe, 1923University of Arizona Art Museum
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Black Iris II (1927)
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
“Red Poppy”, Oil on canvas, 1927
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Jack-in-Pulpit - No. 2, 1930
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Oriental Poppies, 1928
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Red Snapdragons, 1923
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Gray Line with Black, Blue and Yellow, c. 1923, oil on canvas, 48" x 30"
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Yellow Calla, 1926, oil on fiberboard, 9" x 13"
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Pansy, 1926, oil on canvas, 27" X 12"
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Georgia O’Keefe’s Flowers
Morning Glory with Black, 1926, oil on canvas, 35" X 40"
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Georgia O’Keefe at Ghost Ranch
Ranchos Church, 1930, oil on canvas, 24" x 36"
Purple Hills Near Abiquiu, 1935, oil on canvas, 16" x 30"
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Georgia O’Keefe
Shell No. 1, 1928
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Georgia O’Keefe
The Shell, 1934
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Georgia O’Keefe
Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, 1931, oil on canvas
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Georgia O’Keefe
Pelvis Series- Red with Yellow, 1945
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Georgia O’Keefe
Pelvis with Moon, 1943, oil on canvas, 30" x 24"
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Georgia O’Keefe
Jawbone and Fungus, 1930, oil on canvas, 17" x 20"
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Georgia O’Keefe
Pelvis I (Pelvis with Blue), 1944, oil on canvas, 36" x 30"
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O’Keefe’s words of wisdom!
• O'Keeffe encourages us to listen to life, to observe it, to let it speak its words to us and then to try to put in our own way what we have seen.
http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsXI/OKeeffeIII.html
Music Pink and Blue II (1919)
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Key Historical Events• 1989, Photography was invented which made
O’Keefe paint very realistic pictures. • 1914, World War I occurred and bought about
sadness in America, during this time, most of the work done by O’Keefe had a depressing feeling to it.
• 1930, Great Depression happened. Though O’Keefe was well off and didn’t have to much money troubles, she could not sell her works and this discouraged her. Because of this, she took a 6 year break from her work.
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Stylistic Trait 1• Vibrant Colors. O’Keefe used colors in a way
nobody in her time had, by using color to make the painting stand out.
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Stylistic Trait 2
• Medium. Unlike most artists of her time, she didn’t just use oil to paint, she also used water color with cray-pa lines.
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Stylistic Trait 3
• Mood & Tone. O’Keefe definitely expressed emotions in her painting. All of her paintings highlight an emotion or feeling.
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Stylistic Trait 4• Composition. O’Keefe was very good at
making her paintings feel balanced on the page. Though not all her paintings were symmetrical, many were, and the ones that weren’t symmetrical didn’t feel lopsided.
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In the End• After reviewing the life and works of Georgia
O’Keefe, I can say that she helped to evolve the art world. She was one of the very first artists to use bright, vibrant colors to an extreme. She was also one of the few who mixed different mediums. In conclusion, Georgia O’Keefe was a revolutionary artist who changed the way we create and look at art forever.
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THANKS!
Questions?
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Resources• http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georgia.html• http://www.michelangelo.com/okeeffe/