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Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, on a wheat farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz, c. 1918, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georgia-OKeeffe/images-videos#/media/1/426453/250268
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O'Keeffe was at the top of her class in the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906, but had to leave school when she contracted typhoid fever. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe biography. (2014, April 2). Biography. https://www.biography.com/artist/georgia-okeeffe Image: Art Institute of Chicago -
After recovering from her illness, O'Keeffe traveled to New York to continue her art education at the Art Students League, and explored the many galleries in the city. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe biography. (2014, April 2). Biography. https://www.biography.com/artist/georgia-okeeffe Image: The Art Students League of New York, https://theartstudentsleague.org/mission/#history -
O'Keeffe married her longtime lover, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe -
O'Keeffe was inspired by the skyline of New York City. In this painting, the Ritz Tower skyscraper is shown at night. Oil on canvas. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe Ritz Tower 1928. (2018). Georgia O'Keefe Museum Collections Online. https://collections.okeeffemuseum.org/object/9335/ -
O'Keeffe made her first trip to New Mexico in the summer of 1929, which marked a turning point for her work. Reference:
About Georgia O'Keeffe. (n.d.). Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/ -
Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II, 1930. Oil on canvas. Reference:
Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II, 1930. (1997). Georgia O'Keefe Museum Collections Online. https://collections.okeeffemuseum.org/object/77/ -
O'Keeffe collected bones and rocks in the desert and used these objects as the focus of her work. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe Image: Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills, 1935 -
In 1949, O'Keeffe finally made New Mexico her permanent residence, moving into the adobe in Abiquiú, New Mexico. Video tour of O'Keefe's home in Abiquiú, New Mexico
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O'Keeffe moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1984, where she died at age 98. Her ashes were scattered on the land she loved, on Ghost Ranch. Reference:
Georgia O'Keeffe. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe
