Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Iris III is an example of one of her many works on the theme of flowers and particularly the iris, a flower rich with symbolism. In Black Iris III however, O’Keeffe’s aim was not to reference or add to this symbolism but rather to encourage the viewer to look and see the flower and to consider the…
Women's art
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Frida Kahlo painted Weeping Coconuts towards the end of her life, when her deteriorating health prevented her from painting larger more detailed compositions and she no longer wished to paint self portraits. She used the contents of this still life, namely the two large coconuts, as vehicles for expressing the intense emotions she was experiencing at the time. In this…
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Georgia O’Keeffe was inspired by the advances of Modern Art in Europe and most specifically by Wassily Kandinsky’s theories on the like between painting and music, which she explored further in Blue and Green Music. In this article, Singulart discusses Blue and Green Music in the context of O’Keeffe’s life and career. Who was Georgia O’Keeffe? Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was…
