Untitled (Crepe Myrtle)

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Zelda Fitzgerald took up painting late in her life during battles with mental illness. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the early 1930s, her perception of the world at times was diluted into basic colors and shapes, allowing Fitzgerald to focus more on the patterns and visual forms around her. With Fitzgerald’s works ranging between abstraction, fantasy, and still life paintings, this work is a light, floral oil on canvas with softer colors and contours. While she was best known as a writer and as the husband of prominent author F. Scott Fitzgerald, paintings like this one were more private and personal for the artist.

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