1887-1986

Born in Wisconsin in 1887.

Second of seven children.

Received art lessons at home.

Moved to Virginia at age 15.

Studied at the Institute of Chicago (1905-06).

Studied at the Art Students League in New York (1907-08).

Her artwork was called imitative realism.

Taught art in 1915.

Flowers Bones Fruits Valleys Things in the air

Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue,

1931

Oil on canvas 40” x 36”

From the Faraway, Nearby

1938

Oil on canvas

36” x 40”

Red Poppy, 1927

Georgia O'Keeffe

Red Hills, Lake

George

1927

Sky Above the Clouds, 1936

Met Alfred Stieglitz in 1908 at his art gallery.

He first exhibited 10 of her drawings in 1916.

Alfred was 23 years older than Georgia.

Married Alfred in 1924.

Visited New Mexico in 1929 and loved it.

Vacationed there every summer until Alfred died in 1946.

Moved to New Mexico in 1949.

Failing eyesight forced her to stop painting.

Lived there until her death in 1986.