Georgia O'Keeffe was born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887. O'Keeffe was encourage to study art from her mother and took watercolor lessons from a local artist, Sara Mann. O'Keeffe attended School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906 where she studied with John Vanderpoel.
In the fall of 1907, O'Keeffe moved to New York City O'Keeffe moved in 1907 and enrolled at the Art Students League, studying under the artist-teacher William Merritt Chase. She won a prize for one of her still lifes, which allowed her to attend the League's summer school in Lake George, New York.
While in NYC, she frequented exhibitions at Gallery 291, which was owned by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
For the first time O'Keeffe was exposed to popular European artists, such as Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse. She abandoned the pursuit of art as a career in 1908 for four years, taking a job in Chicago as a commercial artist.
She began focusing on her art again in 1912, after attending a drawing class at the University of Virginia's summer school. She took natural forms, such as ferns, clouds, and waves, and began a small series of charcoal drawings that simplified them into expressive, abstracted combinations of shapes and lines.
After completing this series, O'Keeffe mailed a few of them to her friend Anita Pollitzer, who brought the drawings to the attention of Alfred Stieglitz in January 1916. O keeffe returned to New York in 1917 to view her first solo exhibition, arranged by Stieglitz at 291. During this time, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz began a love affair that would last until his death. She took a leave of absence from her teaching position and for the first time dedicated herself solely to making art. Stieglitz divorced his first wife, and he and O'Keeffe married in 1924.
In 1949, three years after Stieglitz's death, O'Keeffe moved permanently to New Mexico.
She is notable for her role as a pioneering female artist, and although she disavowed their interpretation of her work, she was a strong influence on the artists of the Feminist art movement, including Judy Chicago and Miriam Shapiro, who saw feminine imagery in O'Keeffe's flower paintings.
she produced more than 2000 works over the course of her career. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe is the first museum in the United States dedicated to a female artist.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/okeeffe-georgia/life-and-legacy/
In the fall of 1907, O'Keeffe moved to New York City O'Keeffe moved in 1907 and enrolled at the Art Students League, studying under the artist-teacher William Merritt Chase. She won a prize for one of her still lifes, which allowed her to attend the League's summer school in Lake George, New York.
While in NYC, she frequented exhibitions at Gallery 291, which was owned by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
For the first time O'Keeffe was exposed to popular European artists, such as Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse. She abandoned the pursuit of art as a career in 1908 for four years, taking a job in Chicago as a commercial artist.
She began focusing on her art again in 1912, after attending a drawing class at the University of Virginia's summer school. She took natural forms, such as ferns, clouds, and waves, and began a small series of charcoal drawings that simplified them into expressive, abstracted combinations of shapes and lines.
After completing this series, O'Keeffe mailed a few of them to her friend Anita Pollitzer, who brought the drawings to the attention of Alfred Stieglitz in January 1916. O keeffe returned to New York in 1917 to view her first solo exhibition, arranged by Stieglitz at 291. During this time, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz began a love affair that would last until his death. She took a leave of absence from her teaching position and for the first time dedicated herself solely to making art. Stieglitz divorced his first wife, and he and O'Keeffe married in 1924.
In 1949, three years after Stieglitz's death, O'Keeffe moved permanently to New Mexico.
She is notable for her role as a pioneering female artist, and although she disavowed their interpretation of her work, she was a strong influence on the artists of the Feminist art movement, including Judy Chicago and Miriam Shapiro, who saw feminine imagery in O'Keeffe's flower paintings.
she produced more than 2000 works over the course of her career. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe is the first museum in the United States dedicated to a female artist.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/okeeffe-georgia/life-and-legacy/
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