Music, Pink and Blue

Georgia O'Keeffe wondered about and explored the idea of synethesia. Her art teacher Arthur Wesley Dow from Columbia University believed that the visual expression of invisible music superbly represented the idea of abstract art, and O'Keeffe embraced this idea. She created "Music, Pink and Blue" in response to a symphony, and although it may appear to take on some concrete shape, it is not modeled after any concrete object but after the invisible music she heard. The colors came from her imagination, and they are bold and contrasting yet subtle and in harmony. O'Keeffe loved color immensely, and considered it the way to represented her view of the world.

 Certain  people think that some of  O'Keeffe's paintings resemble female anatomy, such as "Music, Pink and Blue", especially after Freud came out with his ideas about sexuality. However, there has been no confirmed conclusion about this subject.














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