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.
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| O'Keeffe in 1918, photograph by Alfred Stieglitz | |
| Born | November 15, 1887 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin |
| Died | March 6, 1986 (aged 98) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Field | Visual arts: painting, sculpture, photography |
| Movement | American modernism, Precisionism |
| 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
O'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
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.
Georgia O'Keeffe Media
Georgia O'Keeffe as a teaching assistant to Alon Bement at the University of Virginia in 1915
Radiator Building–Night, New York, 1927, oil on canvas, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, platinum print, 1920
My Shanty, Lake George, 1922, oil on canvas, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Cerro Pedernal, viewed from Ghost Ranch. This was a favorite subject for O'Keeffe, who once said, "It's my private mountain. It belongs to me. God told me if I painted it enough, I could have it"
Painting materials as displayed at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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References
- ↑ "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 Nederlands). 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]