1. Georgia O’Keeffe Revolutionary female painter of the 20 th century

2. Young Years  O’Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887  O’Keeffe had private art lessons from the age of 11  She knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist

3. Education  O’Keeffe came from a well-to-do family that stressed the importance of education, even for females  She attended the Art Institute in Chicago, the Arts Student League in NY, and finally Columbia Teacher’s College also in NY

4. First Jobs and Exhibits  O’Keeffe worked briefly as a commercial artist in Chicago  She took teaching positions in Texas, Virginia, and South Carolina  The first public showing of her work was in 1908 at Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 gallery in NY  Her first solo show was in 1917, also at 291 gallery

5. Love and Art  In 1918 she moved to New York to live with (and eventually marry) Stieglitz and pursue a career as a full time artist

6. Influences and Inspirations  O’Keeffe seemed to be unaffected by the changes going on in the world around her as far as her artwork was concerned  She was, however, influenced by the scenery of her different living environments

7.  While she was living in New York her paintings reflected the skyline (Shown: City Night, 1926)  Her visits to their summer home at Lake George strongly influenced her work with the beginning of her scenes of nature (Shown: Old Maple, Lake George, 1926)

8.  It was during her winter months in New York that O’Keeffe started painting giant flowers. (Shown: Iris, 1929; White Trumpet Flower, 1932)  "Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not." –Georgia O’Keeffe

9.  In 1929 O’Keeffe grew restless of city life and traveled for the first time to New Mexico.  She fell in love with the beauty of the desert and returned there every summer til Stieglitz’s death in 1946, when she moved there permanently  Shown: Cow’s Skull-Red, White, and Blue, 1930; Fragment of the Ranchos de Taos Church, 1929

10. Individualistic Style  Throughout her entire artistic career O’Keeffe maintained a unique style to her paintings and drawings  Her representational works used such linear quality, bold coloring, and enlarged proportions that they bordered on abstract art  She used colors and lines to express her feelings towards and surrounding the subject not just to paint as everyone else sees it  She truly understood what it meant to explore and examine a subject matter, even one as simple as a flower

11.  The Radiator Building at Night  Oil on canvas  1927, New York

12.  Two Calla Lilies on Pink  Oil on canvas  1928

13.  Light Iris  Oil on Canvas  1924

14.  Jack in the Pulpit  Oil on canvas  1930

15.  Blue Flower  1918

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