Biography georgia okeeffe artist. Georgia okeeffe was born in a farmhouse near sun prairie wisconsin on november 15 1887. She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career. Georgia okeeffe was born near sun prairie wisconsin in 1887 the second of seven children.
She spent her youth growing up on the farm with her six brothers and sisters. Narrated by gene hackman. The georgia okeeffe papers are housed at the beinecke rare books manuscript library at yale university where stieglitzs papers also reside.
The museums orientation film created by the acclaimed award winning filmmaker perry miller adato presents okeeffes life and the origins and development of her art over time. Later when georgia was a teenager her family moved to williamsburg virginia. Biography of georgia okeeffe childhood and early training.
Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. Portrait of an artist. Photographer and art dealer alfred stieglitz gave okeeffe her first gallery show in 1916.
Georgia okeeffe 1887 1986 additional biographies. In 1905 okeeffe began her serious formal art training at the school of the art institute of chicago and then the art students league of. A biography of georgia okeeffe was my pick.
The georgia okeeffe museum the first museum dedicated to the work of a single female artist opened its doors in santa fe and abiquiu new mexico in 1997. Okeeffe grew up with six siblings on a wisconsin. I found the black and white photos of okeeffe many of which were taken by her mentor and husband stieglitz often as revealing as laurie lisles words.
Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist. This was an interesting and easy read that often revealed okeeffes multi faceted personality and artistic nature and work. The american artist georgia okeeffe is best known for her close up or large scale flower paintings which she painted from the mid 1920s through the 1950s.
She received early encouragement to study art from her mother and took watercolor lessons from a local artist sara mann. Artist georgia okeeffe studied at the art institute of chicago and the art students league in new york.