
by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1930
Georgia O'Keeffe created this painting in 1930 as part of a series of six depicting the jack-in-the-pulpit flower. Each painting in the series progressively zooms closer, transforming the blossom into an abstract composition.
In this fourth painting, the dark spadix (the "jack") rises dramatically from the enfolding spathe (the "pulpit"). O'Keeffe magnifies the flower to monumental scale, revealing forms that become almost abstract while remaining rooted in observation.
O'Keeffe's flower paintings made her famous and remain her most recognizable works. This painting is at the National Gallery of Art East Building.
Other masterpieces from the American Realism movement

Edward Hopper, 1942
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Grant Wood, 1930
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

John Singer Sargent, 1882
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston

Winslow Homer, 1876
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

John Singer Sargent, 1884
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eastman Johnson, 1862
Brooklyn Museum, New York

John Singer Sargent, 1886
Tate Britain, London

Winslow Homer, 1876
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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