Georgia O’Keeffe On November 15, 1887 one the greatest American artists of the twentieth century was born. Georgia O’Keeffe was one of seven children in her family. Her parents Francis Calyxus O’Keeffe and Ida O’Keeffe had a big family. Georgia O’Keeffe in her family Claudia, Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe Jr., Anita, Ida, and Catherine all live in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a farmhouse. At the age of twelve O’Keeffe knew she wanted to be an artist. In 1892 O’Keeffe attend Town Hall School along with her sister Ida and Anita. Lady name Sarah Mann, a local watercolorist gave painting lesson to O’Keeffe and her sister Anita. In 1907 O’Keeffe went to New York to study under William Merritt Chase where she learned about oil painting. Around this time O’Keeffe wanted to give up on her dreams of being an artist. Everyone was teaching her to paint like …show more content…
People thought her painting representing America met death because of the skull. That was not true she just loves their different shapes. O’Keeffe would get a skull head and raise to the sky. She would look through it for the different shape in sky. O’Keeffe painted flowers like no other. She took something so small and made it come to life by painting it big. You can see every detail on her flowers. She really brought them to life with her paintings. Painting landscapes was her favorite paintings. She painted the New York Skyscraper like no other. From painting it the day then at night, to how the sun shined on the building. These painting was one of her most popular paintings. O’Keeffe also painting different parts of Mexico that was just beautiful. In 1934 O’Keeffe visited the Ghost Ranch for the first time. She fell in love with this place and visit it a lot before she finally moved it. Her favorite thing about her home was he door. She loved the door and that’s why she bought it. That door inspired her painting, she painted it in so many different