Georgia OKeeffe An Intimate look at the Artist

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Georgia OKeeffe An Intimate look at the Artist
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An American Artist

• Georgia OKeeffe was born November 15, 1887 in
  Wisconsin
• Attended the Art Institute of Chicago
• Lived until the age of 98
• Drew inspiration from the American Southwest

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Landscapes

• Later in life, Georgia OKeeffe moved to New
  Mexico. She was inspired by the landscape and
  buildings around her. The Georgia OKeeffe
  Museum in located in New Mexico to honor her time
  spent there.

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What do you see when you look at these picture?
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Bones

• If you said bones then you are correct.
• Georgia OKeeffe enjoyed abstracting objects like
  she did with those bones.
• The type of abstraction that she used generally
  had to do with size.

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Flower Abstraction

• Georgia OKeeffes flower abstractions are her
  most popular works.
• The cropped images grab the viewers attention
  because they appear to be bursting form the
  frame.
• The vivid colors give life to the pieces.

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Data Collection

• In a random sampling of ten of OKeeffes earlier
  works, the above is a chart showing the mediums
  used.
• The table to the right contains the name, medium,
  size and year that those pieces were made.

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Sources

• http//www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe3.html
• http//www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georg
  ia.html
• http//www.michelangelo.com/okeeffe/index-ns.html