2. history Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. Art was based on objects of nature. Married to photographer Alfred Stieglitz. In New Mexico in the 30’s O’Keefe studied bones and started to paint them.
3. medium O'Keefe normally painted with oil paints She painted nature and used a different technique to portray what she would see. Her oil paints look almost like water color, the soft brushstrokes tell the story of the simplicity of her paintings.
4. Art examples Yellow Calla 1926 Oil on fiberboard Gray line with black, blue And yellow 1923 Oil on canvas Pansy 1926 Oil on canvas Red Canna 1923 Oil on canvas
5. conclusion Georgia O’Keeffe was a Modernist painter. Took realistic styling to express her own vision. She had a love of nature that helped her create her incredible artwork. best known for flower paintings Expressing what she felt, rather than what she had been taught Painting up close versions of objects which gave a different point of view to each of her paintings. O’Keeffe was the first woman to have her own exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
