Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was an American, woman artist. Early on in life, she attended many schools to develop her skills. The style that O'Keeffe is most know for is, representational and abstraction. Landscapes, flowers, and animal bones were what she studied. She lived for 98 years and completed over 900 paintings that are displayed all over the United States. She specialized in watercolor, oil, and charcoal. I am influenced by her flower paintings. I think O'Keeffe's paintings are beautiful, and her use of color is very interesting to look at.

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was born on November 15th 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. After graduating high school in 1905, she traveled to Chicago to study painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1907 she enrolled at the Art Students League in New York City. O'Keeffe won a prize for an untitled painting during her time in New York. Her prize was a scholarship for the Leagues outdoor summer school where she met her future husband, Alfred Stieglitz, a famous photographer. In 1910 she got the measles and stopped painting for awhile. O'Keeffe attended the University of Virginia summer school where she was taught the creation of abstract art. She was greatly influenced in her teaching style and her personal creative style. Over the next few years, she taught school in Texas. During this time she decided to become a Visual artist. She sent her drawings to her friend Anna Pollitzer, who gave them to Alfred Stieglitz.

In the '20s, O'Keeffe moved from watercolor and charcoal, to oils on large canvas. 1924 brought her first huge flower paint called "Dark corn 1". She also married Alfred Stieglitz. In the late '20s, she focused on landscapes and skyscrapers. During the '30s O'Keeffe was hospitalized for severe psychological symptoms that caused her to not paint for over a year. After this low point in her life, she discovered New Mexico. She spent six months out of the year living Taos, New Mexico, and the other six months with her husband in New York. The atmosphere in Taos really inspired her painting. She got more creative and ventured into new areas of painting. She collected and painted many animal bones. O'keeffe's popularity grew a lot during this time. She was given a one-woman exhibition by many places including the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, the first