Georgia O'Keeffe
Quick Facts
One of America's most important artists, best known for her abstracted overscale paintings of flowers. She also painted shells, animal bones, cloudscapes, cityscapes, landscapes of the southwestern United States, and later in life she created objects in clay.
Lived: 1887 - 1986
Born in: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Nationality: American
Birthday and astrological sign: November 15, 1887, Scorpio
Movement: Associated with Modernism, Imitative Realism, and Abstract Expressionism
Died: March 6, 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Age 98
AKA: Georgia Totto O'Keeffe
Quote: When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.
Quote: The men like to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.
Fun Facts: In 1915, fearing that her works were derivative, she destroyed them all and started over, she was the first woman to have a retrospective show at the Museum of Modern Art, and at age 97 she was presented with the National Medal of Arts award by President Ronald Reagan.
See Also: Artists, Biographies, Famous Artists
Georgia O'Keeffe Art Prints
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O'Keeffe Museum
Dedicated to her art and the study of American Modernism (1890–present). Houses a large permanent collection along with special exhibits.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Biography and images from the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From Skyscapers to Skulls: Georgia O'Keeffe
Examines the artist's life, works, and relationship with Alfred Stieglitz, also includes an image gallery.
Wikipedia: Georgia O'Keeffe
Biography of her early life, her life in New York and New Mexico, her legacy, and more.
American Masters: Georgia O'Keeffe
Biography with connected artists and links from PBS American Masters series.
NGA: Georgia O'Keeffe
A biography and selected works from the National Gallery of Art.
O'Keeffe Image Gallery
A selection of images with brief information for each.
NMWA: Georgia O'Keeffe
Brief biographical information from the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Biography with images of the artist and the paintings.
Women in History: Georgia O'Keeffe
A biography of the artist from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction
Online exhibition featuring 42 works and in depth information from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
