Red, White, and Blue.Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totti O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887—March 6,1986) was an American artist. She is typically associated with the American Southwest and particularly New Mexico where she settled late in life. O'Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s. (American, 1887-1986). Red, White, and Blue, 1931. Oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 35 7/8" (101 x 91 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1952, 52.203. Red, White, and Blue prominently displays the three colors of the American flag. Painted at a time when American artists The Spirit of America was the first of the modern record breaking cars, build within new rules with its three wheel design, narrow stream-lined . Although she made it as a joke on the concept of the "Great American Painting," the picture is a quintessential icon of the American West. O'Keeffe lived in the desert of New Mexico, but at the time she painted this work in 1931 she traveled to New Mexico and brought back skulls and bones to her studio in Lake George, New York Lake George, New York may refer to:
Activity: Color Find the "stripes" of red, white, and blue. Compare the blue parts of the painting with the red ones. Which color areas make the painting's background space recede re·cede 1 intr.v. re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes 1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede. 2. into the distance? Which pull the skull forward? Timeline of Art History www.metmuseum.toah |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion