5 Blooming Amazing Facts About Georgia O’Keeffe

Two Calla Lilies on Pink, 1928

On what would have been her 133rd birthday, we decided to take a look into one of the 20th century’s most important artists. One of seven children, Georgia O’Keeffe’s spark was never shrouded, and her contribution to not only modern art, but women’s art, continues unmatched today.

Here are 5 things you should know about Georgia O’Keeffe!

1. The Freudian Interpretations of her paintings were actually false

Grey Line with Black, Blue and Yello, 1923

O’Keeffe’s (supposedly) yonic flowers were, for decades, suggested as being interpretations of the female form. Freud’s influence in the 1920s was heavily felt, resulting in a lot of (albeit dodgy) sightings of genitalia in the arts and culture. In 1943, however, O’Keeffe refuted these claims claiming:

“Well — I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flowers you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower — and I don’t.”

2. Her atelier was her Model-A Ford

Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue, 1931

The artist chose the back seat of her car as a studio when creating her masterpieces.

O’Keeffe claimed that her trusty Ford protected her from…

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