Red Amaryllis, 1937 by Georgia O'Keeffe
Canvas Print - 13051-OKF
Location: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, USAOriginal Size: 30.5 x 25.7 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $49.98 USD
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Painting Information
Georgia O’Keeffe’s "Red Amaryllis" (1937) is a painting that commands attention through simplicity and scale, a flower brought so close that it ceases to be just a flower - it becomes something almost architectural, sculptural. The amaryllis itself is a rich, almost shocking red, its petals expanding outward like unfolding wings. O’Keeffe captures its organic forms with a precision that feels scientific yet deeply emotive. Each petal is rendered in carefully modulated shades of red, moving between deep crimson and softer, almost translucent hues that evoke the texture of velvet. The flower’s edges are crisp, assertive, cutting against the softness of the background - a background that hovers in warm yellow and white tones, a hint of sunlight, perhaps, or simply a blank space that lets the flower breathe.
The composition is characteristically O’Keeffe - intense and magnified, filling the entire frame, leaving no room for anything else. It’s as if she’s insisting that you truly look, that you see the amaryllis not as an object but as a presence, something with its own integrity and force. The stamen at the center draws the eye inward, almost in a meditative spiral, the delicate yellows echoing the warm backdrop. Here, O’Keeffe does not give you any distractions; her focus is absolute, her details meticulous, inviting a gaze that’s unbroken and deliberate. There’s a rhythm in the way she paints, the curves and lines of the petals building a harmony that feels both natural and controlled.
What’s remarkable in "Red Amaryllis" is how O’Keeffe transforms the floral subject. This isn’t the fragile beauty one might expect from a flower painting; instead, it’s monumental, imposing even, as if she’s carved it out of stone rather than painted it in oil. The painting has a quiet power, an authority that defies traditional floral still life. Here, the amaryllis is captured with a directness that feels almost confrontational. It is beautiful, yes, but O’Keeffe's treatment suggests it is also resilient, grounded, possessing a quiet dignity that speaks to nature’s inherent strength.
O’Keeffe’s choice of color and form creates a world within a single bloom. By stripping away any extraneous detail, she allows the viewer to lose themselves in the intricacies of each petal and curve, each subtle shift in red, each ripple in the surface. There’s a sensuality here, a closeness that might feel almost too intimate, yet it’s balanced by a certain restraint, a dignity in the flower’s simple presence. With "Red Amaryllis," O’Keeffe offers a study in focus and purity, a painting that invites viewers not just to look but to linger, to experience the richness and complexity that she finds within the most unassuming subjects. It’s a reminder that for O’Keeffe, even the smallest fragment of nature can be a universe unto itself.
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