Artist Biography Study

Was born on November 15, 1887 She was the 2nd of 7 seven children She grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie,

Wisconsin She received art lessons at home

She graduated from High School in 1905 and decided that she wanted to be an artist

She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago & the Art Students League of New York

She taught art in Amarillo, Texas at a public school

In 1916 she met Alfred Stieglitz, an internationally known photographer & art impresario

Al & Georgia were married in 1924

Al & Georgia lived in New York but she often spent summers painting in New Mexico

Al helped showcase Georgia’s growing collection of work in annual exhibitions

Al died in 1946 and 3 years later Georgia moved to New Mexico to live and paint

Her house was called the Ghost Ranch house

She continued painting, working in pencil, watercolor and clay until 1984

Georgia died in 1986 at the age of 98

In her early work – her style was a type of realism

The goal was the expression of the artist’s personal ideas and feelings and that the subject matter was best realized through harmonious arrangements of line, color, and notan (the Japanese system of lights and darks)

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886

John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola on May 8th 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia

The Eiffel Tower was built 1887-1889

In 1903 the Wright Brothers had their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Game of basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891