''Blue and Green Music'' is a 1919–1921 painting by the American painter

Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Amer ...

. Painted in her New York years upon the idea that music and sound could be translated into something for the eye, ''Blue and Green Music'' uses the contrast of hard and soft edges and geometric forms to convey rhythm and movement.

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The painting uses colors that are both to capture the variance of tones that one would find in music. O'Keeffe described music as being able to be "translated into something for the eye"Blue and Green Music
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Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

This piece was made while O'Keeffe was living in New York with Alfred Steiglitz. She created many works that referenced music during this time period, saying, "I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things that I had no words for." The painting is part of the

Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was kno ...

collection, a gift by the artist to the museum in memory of her husband.

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{{20C-painting-stub 1919 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe