Georgia O'Keeffe
"You get whatever accomplishments you are willing to declare." is only one of the famous quotes from Georgia O'Keeffe the famous painter of close up flowers, charcoal drawings, and bone paintings.

Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887 on the edge of a small town called Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.She was born on a dairy farm. She had one older brother named Francis Calyxtus Jr.(1885 - 1959) and five younger brothers and sisters named Ida Ten Eyck (1889-1961), Anita Natalie (1891-1985), Alexius Wyckoff (1892-1930), Catherine Blanche (1895-1987), and Claudia Ruth. Her mom’s name was Ida Totto. She grew up in the east. Her dad's name was Francis Calyxtus. He died when Georgia was a teenager. Georgia went to many schools, starting in the town hall school in Sun Prairie. Next, she attended Sacred Heart Academy in Madison. When her family moved to the state of Virginia, she went to Chatham Episcopal Institute. Next was the School of Arts in Chicago, and then to Art Student League of New York City. She later attended the University of Virginia, and Teachers College of Columbia University. …show more content…
She received awards from two different Presidents. One was the Awards of Freedom from President Gerald Ford in 1977, which was the nation's highest honor for a chitzen. The Medal of Arts, she received from President Ronald Reagan in 1985, one year before she died. She was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition, to all of that, she was the first woman to have a retrospective show of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. She worked very hard for these awards and knew she wanted to be an artist at the age of ten. She surround herself with positive and talented people through her whole life to help her get to where she wanted to be. She achieved these goals through her hard work, passion, and persistence. She was quoted as saying, “The days you work are the best