O'Keeffe by Gerry Souter

Author:Gerry Souter [Parkstone International]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781606162
Publisher: Parkstone International
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

43. Stump in Red Hills, 1940.

Oil on canvas, 72.2 x 60.9 cm.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM.

44. Grey Hills, 1942.

Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.

“… We found we were co-workers,” Stieglitz said years later. “We believed in the same things.”

She, however, resented the sexual connotations people attached to her paintings, especially during the 1920s when Freudian theories became a form of what today might be termed “pop psychology.”

In Calla Lily with Roses, it has been observed that the lily with its stamen reflects Georgia’s uninhibited pre-occupation with sex, especially since the lily dominates the painting while the feminine rose hovers in the background. Even years later, she threatened to stop painting if people continued their obsession with connecting Freudian premises to her work.

She also took issue with the “woman artist” label attached to her work. To be sure, there were other female painters at the time, but none of Georgia’s stature.

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