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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... dollar an acre for nearly one-half square mile of what the U.S. government called “first rate” land along the Koshkonong Creek. The earth was fertile and prosperity came easily with the harvests of wheat and alfalfa. Catherine gave ...
... dollar an acre for nearly one-half square mile of what the U.S. government called “first rate” land along the Koshkonong Creek. The earth was fertile and prosperity came easily with the harvests of wheat and alfalfa. Catherine gave ...
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... dollars and fifty cents a week. The grammar school teacher remembered that by the age of seven Georgia “would suddenly ask the most precise, unexpected questions.” For example, she asked, “When two big, black clouds bump together, is ...
... dollars and fifty cents a week. The grammar school teacher remembered that by the age of seven Georgia “would suddenly ask the most precise, unexpected questions.” For example, she asked, “When two big, black clouds bump together, is ...
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... dollar tuition, plus an extra twenty for lessons in painting, “in oil, on china, tapestry, in crayon.”3 Although lessons in watercolor were available for an additional twenty dollars, as well as classes in music, Georgia's family could ...
... dollar tuition, plus an extra twenty for lessons in painting, “in oil, on china, tapestry, in crayon.”3 Although lessons in watercolor were available for an additional twenty dollars, as well as classes in music, Georgia's family could ...
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... dollars an acre. However, the sale netted only $12,500.11 It seems that Frank had considerable debts to pay, having borrowed funds in the 1890s to keep the farm afloat. Still, the O'Keeffes wound up with the equivalent of about $100,000 ...
... dollars an acre. However, the sale netted only $12,500.11 It seems that Frank had considerable debts to pay, having borrowed funds in the 1890s to keep the farm afloat. Still, the O'Keeffes wound up with the equivalent of about $100,000 ...
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... dollars a week, she boarded with fellow student Flo- rence Cooney in a nearby room on Fifty-seventh Street. In the mornings, she attended the life drawing class of Mora, who had the annoying habit of proving a point by sketching the ...
... dollars a week, she boarded with fellow student Flo- rence Cooney in a nearby room on Fifty-seventh Street. In the mornings, she attended the life drawing class of Mora, who had the annoying habit of proving a point by sketching the ...
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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