Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe"The definitive life of O'Keeffe." —Hilton Kramer, Los Angeles Times Georgia O'Keefe (1887?-1986) was one of the most successful American artists of the twentieth century: her arresting paintings of enormous, intimately rendered flowers, desert landscapes, and stark white cow skulls are seminal works of modern art. But behind O'Keeffe's bold work and celebrity was a woman misunderstood by even her most ardent admirers. This large, finely balanced biography offers an astonishingly honest portrayal of a life shrouded in myth.Some images in the ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues. |
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Page 6
... despite her oft-voiced need for soli- tude, she grew lonely, especially after her eyesight began to fail when she was in her eighties. The difficulties of her personal life, the disappointments and the bat- tles, also left thick scar ...
... despite her oft-voiced need for soli- tude, she grew lonely, especially after her eyesight began to fail when she was in her eighties. The difficulties of her personal life, the disappointments and the bat- tles, also left thick scar ...
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... Despite the fact that she spent only the last two years of her life in Santa Fe, that town had come to be synonymous with her per- sonal style and her art. Tourists were routinely disappointed to find that they could see more O'Keeffe ...
... Despite the fact that she spent only the last two years of her life in Santa Fe, that town had come to be synonymous with her per- sonal style and her art. Tourists were routinely disappointed to find that they could see more O'Keeffe ...
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... Despite their straitened circumstances, the rights of the Totto clan were determined from the outset. Frank was meant to know that he had married up. The Catholicism of the O'Keeffes was the religion of new immi- grants; Episcopalians ...
... Despite their straitened circumstances, the rights of the Totto clan were determined from the outset. Frank was meant to know that he had married up. The Catholicism of the O'Keeffes was the religion of new immi- grants; Episcopalians ...
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... Despite Georgia's latter-day reservations, the fact that her mother framed these early drawings marks a clear signal of approval and encour- agement. Ida was not overtly affectionate but she urged her daughters in a loving way to enjoy ...
... Despite Georgia's latter-day reservations, the fact that her mother framed these early drawings marks a clear signal of approval and encour- agement. Ida was not overtly affectionate but she urged her daughters in a loving way to enjoy ...
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... Despite being raised with only a holiday familiarity with the Catholic Church, she was sent to Scared Heart Academy, run by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. It had been constructed in 1895 on some fifty acres along Lake Wingra, on ...
... Despite being raised with only a holiday familiarity with the Catholic Church, she was sent to Scared Heart Academy, run by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. It had been constructed in 1895 on some fifty acres along Lake Wingra, on ...
Contents
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Book Two BECOMING 19181946 | 155 |
Book Three BEING 19471986 | 421 |
Coda | 547 |
Notes | 555 |
Selected Bibliography | 595 |
Index | 605 |
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