Skyscrapers and smokestacks: the grittier side of Georgia O’Keeffe
Beyond her famed paintings of flowers and landscapes, the American artist created stunning studies of urban architectureGeorgia O’Keeffe is celebrated for her ethereal depictions of flowers, sunlight, landscapes and animal bones, their gracefully swooping forms dripping with organic curves and seemingly on the verge of melting before our eyes. Such an approach would seem to be quite at odds with the firm, straight lines of farmhouses and barns, to say nothing of the electrified skyscrapers of New York City –…
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