Camille, Chopin, and O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe, *Two Austrian Copper Roses III*, signed Georgia O’Keeffe on the reverse, oil on canvas laid down on board, 20 by 24 in., (50.8 by 61 cm), Painted in 1957, Image Source: Sotheby’s

O’Keeffe had learned from her studies with Arthur Dow that in oriental art “the same theme appears again and again with new beauty, with different quality and complex accompaniments,” an observation she put to practical use by repeatedly painting the same subject with constantly changing results. O’Keeffe wrote, “I work on an idea for a long time. It’s like getting acquainted with a person, and I don’t get acquainted easily…Sometimes I start in a very realistic fashion, and as I go on from one painting to another of the same thing, it becomes simplified till it can be nothing but abstract.”
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Chopin: No. 4 in E Minor, Largo Arr. for Cello and Piano by A. Franchomme / Adapted by Camille Thomas, Julien Brocal (piano), Camille Thomas (cello)

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Hat Tip

Thanks to shoreacres (Linda at The Task at Hand blog) who introduced me to a fascinating article, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Blindness: An Interview with Carol Merrill, about Georgia O’Keeffe’s struggle with macular degeneration in her later years.

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~Sunnyside

9 Comments Add yours

janetweightreed10 says:

July 19, 2024 at 5:19 am

Thank you – I enjoyed this post:)

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At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet says:

July 19, 2024 at 2:23 pm

That makes me happy! Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts, Janet. 😎

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Michael Sammut says:

July 19, 2024 at 5:20 am

Powerful image.

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At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet says:

July 19, 2024 at 2:22 pm

Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts, Michael. 🌻

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1. Michael Sammut says:
  
  July 19, 2024 at 2:32 pm
  
  You’ re most welcome. Keep it up with your interesting posts.
  
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shoreacres says:

July 19, 2024 at 8:24 am

I love the quotation as much as the painting, and I really love the painting!

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At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet says:

July 19, 2024 at 2:19 pm

I am happy you enjoy this, Linda. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 😎🌻

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Steve Schwartzman says:

July 21, 2024 at 2:24 pm

Two days ago in Santa Fe we once again visited the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, which has offered up at least some different works each time we’ve been there.

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