Open magna sample of the artist Georgia O’Keeffe in London – La Jornada online

London . “Men minimize me as the best woman painter, but I think I’m among the best painters”.

These words belong to Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), considered one of the leading figures of American modern art and whose work can contemplate starting Wednesday in a major exhibition housed in the Tate modern in London.

Thirty years after his death and 100 years after his debut as a painter in New York , the museum of modern art displays a hundred paintings of the famous painter until 30 October.

in all, will see 221 objects, including photographs and sketches that serve as a review of the biography of the artist. It is, according to organizers, the largest exhibition of O’Keeffe as the first in two decades in the UK is held outside the United States and. All special occasion to contemplate his work.

The exhibition covers the work of O’Keeffe between 1915 and 1963, almost 50-year career in which he created a thousand works of art.

“She was an artist who was never still. I always kept pushing himself,” said assistant curator Hannah Johnston.

O’Keeffe is known for images of skulls of animals, landscapes desert and flowers that are attributed eroticism. The main source of inspiration for the artist was the nature in general. His style falls between figurative and abstract. The exhibition has been made possible by loans from 71 worldwide, 60 of them in the United States. The Tate Modern’s been arranged so that the visitor passes through the 13 phases that O’Keeffe spent as an artist.

And you can also see the famous painting Jimson Weed / White Flower No.1 , 1932, which resembles a close up photo of a white flower. In November 2014 this work for 40 million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a work by a female artist was auctioned.

Born in the US state of Wisconsin, O’Keeffe had already he decided he wanted to be an artist before the age of 12 years.

Gotta move forward in the early 20s in New York, where she met her husband, the renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

“his tendency to take close up showing interest in modern photography,” said Johnston. The photograph was what changed his view. Subsequently, the painter spent a long time in New Mexico, whose landscapes permeated a part of their work. “She collected flowers and leaves. Later collected bones, because there were no flowers.” The exhibition of O’Keeffe shown in the Tate Modern, one of the most famous museums in the world for modern and contemporary art.

Opened in 2000, in June last year concluded works a construction shaped tower to expand the exhibition space. These works lasted six years.