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Georgia O'Keeffe, Drawing No. 2 - Special, charcoal on Fabriano laid paper, 60 x 46.3 cm (23 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.), 1915, National Gallery of Art Charcoal drawings by Georgia O'Keeffe from 1915 represents Georgia O'Keeffe's first major exploration of abstract art and attainment of a freedom to explore her artistic talents based upon what she felt and envisioned. [1]
Strand was particularly influential in her development of cropped, close-up images. She received unprecedented acceptance as a female artist from the fine art world due to her powerful graphic images. [6] Depictions of small flowers that fill the canvas suggest the immensity of nature and encourage viewers to looks at flowers differently. [2]
The Black Paintings are a series of 24 minimalism related works executed by the painter and sculptor Frank Stella (1936–2024) in the late 1950s and 1960 in what is seen as being a response to abstract expressionism. The series was executed between 1958 and 1960. [1]
Unlike most of her paintings, O'Keeffe altered the appearance of the lotus flower before painting it, a practice considered unusual for her style. Five of her Hawaii flower paintings continue her exploration of the color white, which she investigated in her paintings of shells, bones, and clouds. [54]
Ulysses (1952), a blue-and-black striped painting, sold in 1985 for $1,595,000 at Sotheby's to an American collector who was not identified. [19] Consigned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and previously part of Frederick R. Weisman's collection , Newman's 8.5-by-10-foot Onement VI (1953) was sold for a record $43.8 million at Sotheby's New ...
Vase of Flowers; Vase of Flowers (van Huysum) A Vase of Flowers (1716) Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell; Vase of Flowers in a Window Niche; Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background; Vase with Poppies; Vase with White and Red Carnations
The 8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm) oil painting depicts the flower against a dark cloudy background. Owned by a private collector, it is on extended loan to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum . [ 7 ] It was stolen from the Santa Fe, New Mexico museum by a security guard, William Crumpton, who pleaded guilty on October 26, 2004 to stealing paintings ...
The paintings displayed a variety of compositions and moods, but they all had one defining trait: Kline's signature style of black on white. [14] In the early 1950s, his work appeared very much inspired by French painter Pierre Soulages , who had exhibited in Betty Parsons' gallery in New York in 1949. [ 15 ]