Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe (November 15 1887 – March 6 1986) was an American artist.[1] She is known for her colorful close-up painting of flowers.
Georgia O'Keeffe | |
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.jpg) O'Keeffe in 1918, photograph by Alfred Stieglitz | |
| Born | Georgia Totto O'Keeffe November 15, 1887 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin |
| Died | March 6, 1986 (aged 98) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Known for | Visual arts: painting, sculpture, photography |
| Movement | American modernism, Precisionism |
| Spouse |
Alfred Stieglitz
(m. 1924; died 2013) |
| Awards | National Medal of Arts (1985) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) Edward MacDowell Medal (1972) |
She was born on November 15, 1887 on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.[2] O'Keeffe studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York.[3]
Georgia O'Keeffe married Alfred Stieglitz in 1924. Stieglitz was a famous photographer and he helped O'Keeffe gain success in her career. He owned the gallery which held her first solo exhibition.[3]
In 1929 O'Keeffe traveled to New Mexico. She was inspired by the desert and light. She moved there in 1949.[2]
In 1970 the Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective exhibition of her work.[4]
O’Keeffe died on March 6, 1986 in Santa Fe at the age of 98.[5]
Auction record
changeO'Keefe holds the world auction record for a painting by a woman (November 2014). Her Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 sold for $44.4m (£28.8m) at the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[6] O'Keeffe's large-format depictions of flowers which she painted as if they had been seen in close-up.
Gallery
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Dead rabbit with the copper pot 1908. -
Rotunda at the University of Virginia 1914. -
Lake George Reflection 1920. -
Brooklyn Museum - Blue 1. 1916. -
Sunrise, watercolor 1916. -
No. 8 Special, 1916. -
Light Coming on the Plains No. II, 1917. -
Series 1, No.8 1919. -
Georgia O'Keeffe 1950.
References
change- ↑ "Georgia O'Keeffe | Biography, Paintings, Art, Flowers, & Facts |". Britannica. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Georgia O'Keeffe". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ignotofsky, Rachel (2019). Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World. Ten Speed Press. pp. 42-43. ISBN 978-0399580437.
- ↑ "O'Keeffe Exhibition: An Optical Treat (Published 1970)". The New York Times. 8 October 1970. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Georgia O'Keeffe". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ Georgia O'Keeffe painting sets auction record for female artist. BBC News. The report is followed by comments by Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor. [1]