Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe was born November 15, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She had six brothers and sisters. They were Francis, Alexis, Ida, Anita, Katherine, and Claudio. Two of her sisters took up painting, while her oldest brother became an architect. When only 12 years old, Georgia decided that she was going to become a painter. Feeling that she grew up feeling that she was different from her siblings helped her make up her mind. What led Georgia into her art career, was her interest in the American Southwest and nature. You can see her expression for her love in her famous paintings of animal skulls, deserts and flowers. She uses many vibrant colors, free-flowing strokes, and abstract thoughts in them.
During her lifetime, both World War 1 and 2 were going on. Georgia’s family moved to Williamsburg, Virginia when she was 14, and attended she attended the Sacred Heart Academy and High School. She then graduated from The Chatham Protestant Episcopal Institute in 1904 and moved to...