Georgia O'Keeffe: Style icon?

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe was known more for her art than her clothes. But a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, called “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern,” celebrates the striking, uncompromising style of the feminist icon.

Tunics

The exhibit, which runs from March 3 July 23, 2017, is part of a yearlong project celebrating feminist thinking.

Here, tunics worn by the artist are displayed.

Kimono-style coats

A woman walks by a kimono-style coat worn by O’Keeffe.

Linen blouses

White linen blouses worn by O’Keeffe are exhibited.

Guest curator Wanda Corn concludes that O’Keeffe, who made many of her clothes, also was an artist “in her homemaking and self-fashioning.” 

"Ram’s Head"

Museum visitors look at an exhibit of work by Georgia O’Keeffe. 

The 1935 painting “Ram’s Head: White Hollyhock-Hills” hangs on the left. 

"Blue Line"

O’Keeffe was best-known for her vivid images of landscapes, flowers, and animal skulls.

This oil painting is called “Blue Line.”

"Manhattan"

A Brooklyn Museum visitor photographs the 1932 painting “Manhattan” by Georgia O’Keeffe. 

Wool suits

A museum visitor walks past a display of black wool suits worn by O’Keeffe. 

Exhibit coordinator Lisa Small says O’Keeffe’s “distinctive” clothing style symbolized her lifelong commitment to minimalism. 

​Georgia O'Keeffe

Here, O’Keeffe as photographed by Alfred Stieglitz in 1918. O’Keeffe married Stieglitz in 1924.

Georgia O'Keeffe

O’Keeffe in 1960 with a canvas from her “Pelvis” series, “Red With Yellow.”

The artist died in 1986 at the age of 98.