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<p>The text analyzes the discourse on modernist genius functioning within the critical reception of the works of an American abstract painter Georgia O’Keeffe in the 1910s and 1920s. The aim is to reflect on how the understanding of O’Keeffe as an atypical artist in the masculinized reality of her time influenced the views on the ideal of genius articulated by art critics during the discussed period. The text also aims to revise some concepts regarding the painter’s presence in the artistic world and the position of her artwork therein.</p>
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The text analyzes the discourse on modernist genius functioning within the critical reception of the works of an American abstract painter Georgia O’Keeffe in the 1910s and 1920s. The aim is to reflect on how the understanding of O’Keeffe as an atypical artist in the masculinized reality of her time influenced the views on the ideal of genius articulated by art critics during the discussed period. The text also aims to revise some concepts regarding the painter’s presence in the artistic world and the position of her artwork therein.

Modernist Genius in the Light of the Reception of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Work

Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts

Art History & Criticism

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The text analyzes the discourse on modernist genius functioning within the critical reception of the works of an American abstract painter Georgia O’Keeffe in...

Modernist Genius in the Light of the Reception of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Work

Published Online: Dec 08, 2022

Page range: 118 - 133

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2022-0006

Keywords
. Art criticism, 1920s, modernism, genius, Georgia O’Keeffe

© 2022 Karolina Anna Rosiejka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Modernist Genius in the Light of the Reception of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Work

Published Online: Dec 08, 2022

Page range: 118 - 133

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2022-0006

Keywords. Art criticism, 1920s, modernism, genius, Georgia O’Keeffe

© 2022 Karolina Anna Rosiejka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
. Art criticism, 1920s, modernism, genius, Georgia O’Keeffe