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Georgia O’Keefe 1887-1986

Georgia O’Keefe 1887-1986. An American Original. http://graphitefurnace.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/georgia_okeefe.jpg. Her Early Life. Born 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Died in 1986 at the age of 98 in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Georgia O’Keefe 1887-1986

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  1. Georgia O’Keefe1887-1986 An American Original http://graphitefurnace.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/georgia_okeefe.jpg

  2. Her Early Life • Born 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin • Died in 1986 at the age of 98 in Santa Fe, New Mexico • Through her mother, she was a descendant of a Mayflower passenger and signer of Mayflower compact. • One of 7 children • Did well in art as a child and parents encouraged her to attend an art college. • Between 1905 and 1909 attended art schools in Chicago and New York city and worked as a commercial artist in Chicago.

  3. Her Early Career • In 1910 she became and elementary school art teacher in Texas which left little time for painting. • In 1915 she took a job teaching at a South Carolina college and found time to begin painting watercolors which were inspired by the landscapes of Texas. • A friend showed some of her drawings to gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz, who considered them the purest, finest, sincerest things that had entered his gallery in a long while. • He exhibited her work and eventually O’Keefe and Stieglitz married in 1924.

  4. View From My Studio http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3181505283_49d6a41632.jpg

  5. Oriental Poppies http://kaevee.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/georgia_o_keefe_oriental_poppies_1928.gif

  6. Ram’s Head and Hollyhock http://davisdesigncorp.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/okeeffe_georgia_rams_head.jpg

  7. Her Work • One of the few women artists to have an influence on the art world. • Brought an American style to Europe at a time when most of art flowed in the opposite direction. • Did paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones and landscapes. • By 1920 her work shifted from watercolor to oil. Began doing large scale paintings of natural forms as if seen through a magnifying lens.

  8. Yellow Cactus http://images.ocregister.com/newsimages/2009/05/08/b78504664z120090508121946000g1shpl112_lg.jpg

  9. White Trumpet Flower http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-4kGcQbbKf0/SfnLoYrhMVI/AAAAAAAABo4/lXAWmDGzZww/s400/georgia-o-keeffe-white-trumpet-flower.jpg

  10. Sunflower http://chowmn.org/resources/artprints/sunflower_maggie.jpg

  11. Cow’sSkull with Calico Roses http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000098/131385_822846.jpg

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