Georgia O'Keeffe

By Maisy and Lauren.

Georgia O'Keeffe

• Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, and grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. As a child she received art lessons at home, and her abilities were quickly recognized and encouraged by teachers throughout her school years. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O'Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist.

Information.

A quote of Georgia's O’Keefe "I have but one desire as a painter – that is to paint what I see, as I see it, in my own way, without regard for the desires or taste of the professional dealer or the professional collector."- Georgia O’Keeffe

Between 1915 and 1918, when O’Keeffe was either teaching or taking art classes, she explored abstraction as a means of self-expression. Her keen interest in abstraction as an expressive device distinguishes her work from the representational art of most of her American contemporaries, and establishes O’Keeffe as among the most innovative American artists of the period.

Facts!

At the age of ten, Georgia O’Keeffe knew she wanted to be an artist and she started to have lessons with Sara Mann, a watercolour painter. •As she got older, O’Keeffe started to lose her central vision. She still had peripheral vision and she continued to produce artwork (pencil and charcoal drawings and pottery).Her most well-known work features objects enlarged and painted as if viewed through a magnifying glass. She is also known for her landscapes of the bad lands of New Mexico.

Pictures of her work.

• We chose Georgia O’Keefe as we like her art work and she was very inspiring, unfortunately she died on March 6th 1986. She was 98. http://www.biography.com/people/georgia-okeeffe-9427684