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Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe. Oil Pastel Flowers. Born November 15 th 1887 in Wisconsin In 8 th grade she knew she wanted to be an artist. A friend of Georgia’s took 10 of her drawings to a very well known gallery, 291. She showed these drawings to Alfred Steglitz, the owner.

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Georgia O’Keeffe

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  1. Georgia O’Keeffe Oil Pastel Flowers

  2. Born November 15th 1887 in Wisconsin • In 8th grade she knew she wanted to be an artist.

  3. A friend of Georgia’s took 10 of her drawings to a very well known gallery, 291. • She showed these drawings to Alfred Steglitz, the owner. • He displayed the 10 drawings without her permission.

  4. She later married Steglitz • Her art was an immediate response to her environment. • Well-known for flowers and desert paintings. • She was fascinated by the inner workings of the flowers.

  5. Monumental • “Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small, we haven’t the time, and to see it takes time, so I’ll paint what I see, I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking the time to look at it”. (O’Keeffe)

  6. She spent her summers in New Mexico painting the desert. • Later in her life she began to lose her eye sight and gave up painting. • She moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1986.

  7. She also visited Ghost Ranch in New Mexico which became another subject for her paintings. • Georgia O’Keeffe died in 1986, at the age of 98.

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