Georgia O’Keeffe

By Amari SantoyoPeriod 6

Start and End Georgia O’Keeffe was

born in 1887 on a dairy farm

Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, November 15

Died Thursday, March 6, 1986, age 98

Early Life Went to study art in

Chicago at age 16, but grew bored

Moved to New York City and continued her studies

Accepted position as art teacher in 1912

Brought in a live cow for her students to draw!

A ChanceFriend of O’Keeffe took paintings to art show to

display them

Exhibited in New York City in 1918

Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer, was really attracted to O’Keeffe’s paintings

Love at First SightStieglitz loved O’Keeffe’s paintings

Stieglitz and O’Keeffe fell in love and were married in 1924

O’Keeffe became friends with other artists and helped Stieglitz run the art gallery

Paintings O’Keeffe painted

cityscapes of New York

Grew interested in skulls and flowers when she took a trip to New Mexico

Began to paint close ups of flowers and skulls

Painted flowers in simplest form by putting no detail

Painted views of New York City skyline in 1920s and 1930s

Later lifeAfter Stieglitz died,

O’Keefe moved to Albiquire, New Mexico

Got inspiration from wild plants and animal bones she found around her house

Moved to Santa Fe in 1984 and stayed there until she died

Fun factsO’Keeffe had six brothers and sisters

Had art lessons with a painter at age ten

She was given the Presidential medal of Freedom in 1984

She started to lose her central vision as she got older

She had made 200 paintings of flowers alone

She sold a collection of paintings called “Calla Lily” for $25,000, the highest amount to be paid for a painting.

A dinosaur fossil is named after her

The End