I went to see the G
eorgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore show at the MFA in Boston yesterday.
She is one of my favorite artists. Although I am very familiar with her work, as I stood there looking at the paintings, I suddenly realized that I knew them as iconic images, but not PAINTINGS!
There were very few that I had never seen (in books) before.
This one, I've had a poster of it hanging in my house for years, and I had a postcard so I used it as a bookmark.
But I had never really appreciated what a great painter she really was. I enjoyed being able to get up close and really admire the details in her work. I know you've probably heard it before, but artwork looks so much different in real life than it does in photographs.
It was really eye-opening. I had a wonderful day.
4 comments:
I really love that last one - the colors are fabulous. So happy you went to see these!
How wonderful you got to see the show. At Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas of all places, I saw some of her paintings in person for the first time and it was amazing. As an artist, I’m sure you have a greater appreciation than me, but I was really struck by her paintings.
Have you been to her museum in Taos, New Mexico? It’s amazing!
O'Keefe is in my top 5 favorite artists as well. I've been to her Santa Fe museum. Surprisingly, it holds none of her most famous pieces-drat.
Happy Saturday :-)
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