America / 1929
White Flower
White Flower
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs White Flower as painting (America · 1929).
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
This was the first flower painting by Georgia O'Keeffe to be purchased by an art museum.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986).
The museum's collection notes: O’Keeffe is best known for close-up flower subjects whose magnified forms fill the entire space of each canvas. Likely inspired by similar compositions in modern photography, these images are not only celebrations of natural forms, but also striking essays in abstract design. Although many critics interpreted O’Keeffe’s flower paintings as reflections of femininity in general and female sexuality in particular, the artist strongly opposed such readings. Throughout most of her career, she frequently attempted to persuade others to discuss her work without referring to her gender, writing on one occasion, “I have always been very annoyed at bei
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