MMA Georgia O'Keeffe Framed Red Poppies Quality Museum Artwork Print 1900-1949

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Offset lithograph Museum print was purchased at the exhibit in 1988, Neilsen metal frame. This exact poppy image was also issued as a $.32 stamp in 1996. Georgia O'Keeffe is also known as the "Mother of American Modernism"Any irregularities you see are from camera glare.Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) From Zaplin Lampert Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico: "As a young artist Georgia O'Keeffe began working in 1909 as an illustrator for advertising companies, then became supervisor of art in the Amarillo, Texas, public school system from 1912 to 1914. During that time, from 1913 to 1916, O'Keeffe was also an instructor in art at the University of Virginia, and for two years after that, head of the art department of West Texas State Normal College.During that time, O'Keeffe had become the student of Arthur Wesley Dow, who led her to forms derived from nature and to subtle color contrasts. It was her future husband, and dealer, Stieglitz, who first presented her work in a 1916 exhibition. Her paintings were said to embody the feminine principle, and she herself became the symbol of the new uninhibited woman. When Stieglitz first saw the sketches of the young art teacher in 1916, he said "Finally, a woman on paper". When O'Keeffe visited Taos, New Mexico, in 1919, her art became more mystical and visionary, flavored with symbolism. She returned to New Mexico each summer, moving there permanently in 1946. "have most history I can find". Subject: Poppy, Botanical Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art November 19, 1988 - February 5, 1939, in private collection Geneva, Photography by Malcolm Varon New York 1988 under the Museum of Modern Art direction by the Coleman Press NYC Original Image Title: "Red Poppy" 1927 oil on canvas; Print Size frame 28&1/4" x 25&1/4"; Image Size: 28" x 25" Condition: Excellent Frame is 5/8" thick. Excellent frame and mounting. Material: White metal; Era and Style 1988.Offset lithograph Museum print was purchased at the exhibit in 1988, Neilsen metal frame. This exact poppy image was also issued as a $.32 stamp in 1996. Georgia O'Keeffe is also known as the "Mother of American Modernism"Any irregularities you see are from camera glare.Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) From Zaplin Lampert Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico: "As a young artist Georgia O'Keeffe began working in 1909 as an illustrator for advertising companies, then became supervisor of art in the Amarillo, Texas, public school system from 1912 to 1914. During that time, from 1913 to 1916, O'Keeffe was also an instructor in art at the University of Virginia, and for two years after that, head of the art department of West Texas State Normal College.During that time, O'Keeffe had become the student of Arthur Wesley Dow, who led her to forms derived from nature and to subtle color contrasts. It was her future husband, and dealer, Stieglitz, who first presented her work in a 1916 exhibition. Her paintings were said to embody the feminine principle, and she herself became the symbol of the new uninhibited woman. When Stieglitz first saw the sketches of the young art teacher in 1916, he said "Finally, a woman on paper". When O'Keeffe visited Taos, New Mexico, in 1919, her art became more mystical and visionary, flavored with symbolism. She returned to New Mexico each summer, moving there permanently in 1946. "have most history I can find". Subject: Poppy, Botanical Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art November 19, 1988 - February 5, 1939, in private collection Geneva, Photography by Malcolm Varon New York 1988 under the Museum of Modern Art direction by the Coleman Press NYC Original Image Title: "Red Poppy" 1927 oil on canvas; Print Size frame 28&1/4" x 25&1/4"; Image Size: 28" x 25" Condition: Excellent Frame is 5/8" thick. Excellent frame and mounting. Material: White metal; Era and Style 1988. read more

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