Town to host Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition

An exhibition featuring the work of renowned American artist Georgia O'Keeffe is due to open at Beverley Art Gallery later this month.

Memories of Drawings features 21 photogravure prints of major drawings by O'Keeffe, spanning from 1915 to 1963.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council said the artwork traced the artist's development as a leading Modernist.

Hannah Willetts, curator at the gallery, described O'Keeffe as "one of the most important modern artists of the 20th Century".

"This month marks 40 years since her death, and this is a chance to celebrate her enduring impact and share her inspiring work with visitors to [the gallery]," she added.

The artwork is part of a touring exhibition from the Hayward Gallery, which is located within the Southbank Centre in central London.

According to the gallery, O'Keeffe worked with her agent and long-term friend Doris Bry to produce the collection, which it said showed how drawing shaped O'Keeffe's thinking, from early charcoal abstractions to studies of flowers, landscapes and organic forms.

Alongside the exhibition, the gallery is showing a documentary film about the artist's life - entitled The Brightness of Light.

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Councillor Nick Coultish, cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism at the authority, said: ''We are excited to see what the public think of this free exhibition and feel privileged to host the first-ever screening of the documentary as part of an exhibition dedicated to her work."

The exhibition runs from 28 March to 23 May.

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