USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which artist of the 1920s painted bright urban scenes and then changed to desert scenes of the southwest?
A
Georgia O’Keffe
B
Winslow Homer
C
Langston Hughes
D
Edward Hopper
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By the mid-1920s, O’Keeffe was recognized as one of America’s most important and successful artists, known for her paintings of New York skyscrapers-an essentially American symbol of modernity-as well as her equally radical depictions of flowers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia O’Keeffe traveled and painted all over the world, but for much of her life, the high desert of northern New Mexico was her home. Her paintings of the sculpted badlands, adobe structures, and mountains north of Santa Fe solidified her reputation as one of the 20th century’s most influential artists.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1915, while teaching at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, O’Keeffe began a series of abstract charcoal drawings and was one of the first American artists to practice pure abstraction, ” according to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

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