Georgia O'Keefe
Georgia
O’ Keeffe, born into a family of farmers in Wisconsin, was one of the greatest
artistic visionaries the Harlem Renaissance had to offer. She went to art
schools and institutions as soon as she was of age and quickly took up the
subject and transformed it into her passion. She inspired and amazed many during
her period in the 1920’s. She dazzled and unraveled a new world to most people
with her vivid displays of a unique take on ordinary objects. She had a deep
respect for nature and the majority of her early works include captivating
vignettes of flowers and other such abstractions. Some of her most famous works
include Light
Iris in 1924 and
Petunia in 1925.
Georgia was also known for her stunning depictions of urban New York life
such as portrayed in her 1927 painting Radiator
Building, Night New York. During the high glitzy life of the nineteen
twenties, she married Alfred Stieglitz who was the first one to introduce her
art to the public eye. In later years she studied a fascination she found in
animal bone and crafted the subject seamlessly into her works. The remainder of
her life was lived in Santa Fe even after the death of her husband; she became
enamored with the barren landscape and found a permanent residency until her
death in 1986.
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