Art by Georgia O'Keeffe

When most people think of Georgia O’Keeffe's art (if they know who she is), they probably picture bleached skulls in the desert, views of clouds, or voluptuous flowers with an erotic charge (that the artist may or may not have intended).

But there are also mixed in there Polaroid prints of her dog, watercolor sketches of ladies, or abstract cast iron pieces.

O'Keefe may be America’s most celebrated female artist. To get beyond her best-known pieces, you can now visit the 1100+ works in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s online collection to get a more complete understanding of the life and work of the iconic artist, who died in 1986 at the age of 98.

Some places to begin:

the collection

bleached skulls in the desert

views of clouds

those erotic flowers 

watercolor sketches

massive cast iron abstractions

her evolution as an artist 

You can also view works by other artists in the collection, including two very significant men in her life, photographer Alfred Stieglitz and ceramicist Juan Hamilton.

And watch a documentary introduction to O’Keeffe, narrated by Gene Hackman, below:

Source: Art by Georgia O'Keeffe  | Open Culture