Georgia Totto O'Keeffe
was an American modernist painter and draftswoman
Called the "Mother of American modernism", O'Keeffe gained international recognition for her meticulous paintings of natural forms
From 1905 to 1906, O'Keeffe was enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she ranked at the top of her class
First Abstraction :
Series 1, No. 8
, 1918, oil painting on canvas, Lenbachhaus, Munich
She moved to New York in 1918 at Stieglitz's request and began working seriously as an artist
O'Keeffe began creating simplified images of natural things, such as leaves, flowers, and rocks
she completed a series of landscape paintings inspired by the New Mexico desert
Major Awards
1977 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
1985 - National Medal of Arts
In her memory , The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum opened in Santa Fe in 1997
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