While most UF students were home for winter break chomping on candy canes and scoring last-minute holiday deals, the Harn Museum of Art debuted a new exhibit highlighting female artists.
"Women of Art and Science" is a part of the works-on-paper section within the museum's modern collection, said Amelia Bell, a museum spokeswoman.
Georgia O'Keeffe's "Austrian Copper Rose IV" inspired museum curator Dulce Roman to acquire the other 11 works. She said she was drawn to the botanical subjects and flower prints. The exhibit's feminine focus was triggered by the large library of female artists famous for botanical paintings in history.
"Georgia O'Keeffe has always sat alone in galleries," she said. "So I thought this was an interesting approach to complement [the painting]."
The exhibit is scheduled to be on display until mid-June, Roman said. However, it might stay up until Summer B, depending on whether the museum's focus changes.
The pieces in "Women of Art and Science" are part of the larger works-on-paper modern art collection of about 300 pieces from between the Renaissance and 1850 acquired by the Harn Museum.
