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Georgia OKeeffe

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Georgia O'Keeffe

Born: November 15, 1887
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Died: March 6, 1986
Santa Fe, New Mexico

American painter

The American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 1986) developed a distinctive art form that includes startling details of plant forms, bleached bones, and landscapes of the New Mexico desert all created with natural clarity.

The young artist

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, on November 15, 1887, to Francis and Ida O'Keeffe. She had ...

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Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

The American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) created a distinctive iconography that includes startling details of plant forms, bleached bones, and landscapes of the New Mexico desert all rendered with pristine clarity.

Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, ...

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Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe , 1887-1986, American painter, b. Sun Prairie, Wis. After working briefly as a commercial artist in Chicago, O'Keeffe abandoned painting until she began the study of abstract design with A. W. Dow at Columbia Univ. Teachers College. Thereafter she taught art in Texas. Her work was ...

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