Transgression and Independence: Georgia O’Keeffe and Tamara de Lempicka
Amy Von Lintel
Alison de Lima Greene
May 17, 2025
At the dawn of the 20th century, female artists across Europe and America began to assert a new sense of independence—exhibiting their work, challenging societal expectations, and reshaping the Modernist canon. This conversation explores the groundbreaking contributions of Tamara de Lempicka, Georgia O’Keeffe, and their contemporaries on both sides of the Atlantic. Art historian Amy Von Lintel from West Texas A&M University and MFAH curator Alison de Lima Greene discuss, in conjunction with the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka.
Plan Your Visit
- This program is included with Museum admission.
- The lecture takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, and the exhibition is located on the upper level.
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About the Speakers
Amy Von Lintel is professor of art history and director of gender studies at West Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Modern and Contemporary art of the American West, women and gender in art, and the history of art history as a discipline. She is the author of publications including Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West.
Alison de Lima Greene is the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She is the coordinating curator of Houston’s presentation of Tamara de Lempicka and a contributor to the exhibition catalogue.
“Tamara de Lempicka” is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional generous support is provided by:
Linnet F. Deily
JBD Foundation
Jay Jones and Terry Wayne Jones
Bettie Cartwright
Sara Dodd-Denton and Will Denton
Cecily E. Horton
The Anne and Edgar Lackner Charitable Foundation
Susanne and William E. Pritchard III
Leslie and Russ Robinson
Winnie Scheuer and Kevin Bonebrake
Merrianne Timko
Polish Cultural Institute New York
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
Collectors Studio
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.