Georgia O'Keeffe

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Georgia O& Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the foundational figures of American modernism A seminal woman artist she rose to prominence in the early twentieth century at the heart of the New York avant-garde circle that centred around Alfred Stieglitzwho would become O& Keeffe&s husband Many contemporary texts as well as those written since focus on their personal & professional relationship & have re-hashed familiar cliche sabout O& Keeffe&s work particularly her best-known paintings of flowers As this new book reveals however she was a complex & multi-faceted artist whose singular vision included landscapesnature studies still lifes & anthropological paintings & who constantly experimented at the boundary between figuration & abstraction Accompanying a major touring exhibition this book brilliantly reassesses O& Keeffe&s place in the canon of twentieth-century art It features essays from a new generation of scholars focusing on themes including O& Keeffe&s place within the early modern avant-garde; the construction of identity & artistic persona;the influence of the cultures & landscapes of the places in which she worked; & the relationship between painting & photography both within O& Keeffe&s work & as part of her wide nexus of friends & fellow-artists from Stieglitz to Paul Strand & Ansel Adams The book will also feature reviews from the time of O& Keeffe&s early exhibitions to give a contemporary insight into their reception Lavishly illustrated with many rarely reproduced works & a full illustrated chronology this is the definitive book on one of the most significant & popular artists of modern times