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Georgia O’Keeffe is an artist whose name, image, and art are amongst the most recognizable in the world, and for good reason. The artist’s large scale flower paintings changed the way viewers considered the shape of petals; Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue served as O’Keeffe’s vision of American patriotism while proposing a path forward for the stylistic development of modern painting in the United States; and O’Keeffe’s photographs of her home in New Mexico portray a landscape that she herself was simultaneously responsible for changing and dedicated to documenting. This week’s exploration of her practice provides an opportunity to consider O’Keeffe’s work amongst other objects in The Met’s collection that have similar aims but vastly different forms. Taken collectively, the examples of O’Keeffe’s work selected for this week exemplify the many ways that her vision shaped American modernism. 


Collection Highlight

America Made Modern: A Painter’s Vision

Art Links