Where did georgia okeeffe live. Okeeffe has been recognized as the mother of american modernism. Georgia okeeffe was born in sun prairie wisconsin on november 15 1887 to francis and ida okeeffe. About georgia okeeffe alfred stieglitz.
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. Georgia okeeffe 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 mexico. She had six siblings and the family lived on a farm outside of madison wisconsin.
Georgia attended the sacred heart academy and here she had a chance to learn about drawing and painting. Georgia okeeffe the artist who gained worldwide fame for her austere minimalist paintings of the american southwest dies in santa fe at the age of 98. Georgia totto okeeffe november 15 1887 march 6 1986 was an american artist.
She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers new york skyscrapers and new mexico landscapes. Gift of the georgia okeeffe foundation. Born on november 15.
Okeeffe grew up with six siblings on a wisconsin.