When did georgia okeeffe die. Georgia okeeffe georgia okeeffe new mexico. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. 217 johnson st santa fe nm 87501 1826.
Okeeffe was in new mexico during the summers of 1930 and 1931 but remained at lake george in 1932 making brief painting trips to canada and new york city. She had six siblings and the family lived on a farm outside of madison wisconsin. As an artist of national standing georgia okeeffe has been well known in america for many decades.
Georgia okeeffe was born in sun prairie wisconsin on november 15 1887 to francis and ida okeeffe. Georgia okeeffe born november 15 1887 near sun prairie wisconsin usdied march 6 1986 santa fe new mexico american painter best known for her large format paintings of natural forms especially flowers and bones and for her depictions of new york city skyscrapers and architectural and landscape forms unique to northern new. Quick facts name georgia okeeffe birth date november 15 1887 death date march 6 1986 education art institute of chicago place of birth sun prairie wisconsin.
More recently her art has begun to attract similar attention and accolades abroad. One of her paintings jimson weed sold for 444 million making it the most expensive painting sold of a female artists work as of. The address of the georgia okeeffe museum is.
Georgia attended the sacred heart academy and here she had a chance to learn about drawing and painting. In the fall of that year she accepted a mural commission at radio city music hall which she ultimately abandoned because of technical problems. 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.
Many of the works produced by georgia okeeffe during the 1920s and 1930s hover enticingly on the margins between figuration and abstraction. In these works she drew on favorite motifs from memory and her vivid imaginationgeorgia okeeffe died in santa fe on march 6 1986 at the age of 98. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist.
She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2000 paintings that she made over her career.