Facts about Georgia O'Keeffe's Floral Paintings
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Widely recognized as a defining feature of her style, Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings often depicted single blooms filling the entire canvas, abstracting natural forms into sensual, monumental compositions.
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Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, painted in 1932, sold at auction in 2014 for over $44 million, setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a work by a female artist.
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Many of Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings were created during her time in New York City, where she lived and worked from the 1920s onward.
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Among Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings, Black Iris from 1926 is one of the most celebrated, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings are renowned for their dramatically enlarged close-up perspectives, which she used to compel viewers to slow down and truly observe flowers.