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 40
... feel rather than know, sympathize rather than study.” In Chicago, Georgia was exposed to the designs and concepts behind Art Nouveau, which would emerge later in her work.33 Chicago was a center for the Arts and Crafts movement as well ...
... feel rather than know, sympathize rather than study.” In Chicago, Georgia was exposed to the designs and concepts behind Art Nouveau, which would emerge later in her work.33 Chicago was a center for the Arts and Crafts movement as well ...
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... a serious case of malaria. Perhaps her mother felt the southern cli- mate too humid or just wanted to reduce the chances of contaminating other children. Georgia welcomed the company. She'd started to feel 42 HUNTER DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP.
... a serious case of malaria. Perhaps her mother felt the southern cli- mate too humid or just wanted to reduce the chances of contaminating other children. Georgia welcomed the company. She'd started to feel 42 HUNTER DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP.
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... feel confident enough to criticize the school and her classmates. “She was getting better than the rest of them,” recalled Catherine.35 Georgia painted a watercolor of her ten-year-old sister looking like a fashionable Parisienne in a ...
... feel confident enough to criticize the school and her classmates. “She was getting better than the rest of them,” recalled Catherine.35 Georgia painted a watercolor of her ten-year-old sister looking like a fashionable Parisienne in a ...
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... feel that she will be very successful as a teacher of drawing.”38 Willis, again, came to the rescue. She advised Georgia's parents to have faith and enroll their talented daughter at Willis's own alma mater, the Art Students League in ...
... feel that she will be very successful as a teacher of drawing.”38 Willis, again, came to the rescue. She advised Georgia's parents to have faith and enroll their talented daughter at Willis's own alma mater, the Art Students League in ...
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... feel like an outcast having to overcome the stigma of family or poverty. New York City, then as now, accepted all kinds, and the flirtatious advances of her male classmates flattered her. The most enticing was George Dannenberg, a ...
... feel like an outcast having to overcome the stigma of family or poverty. New York City, then as now, accepted all kinds, and the flirtatious advances of her male classmates flattered her. The most enticing was George Dannenberg, a ...
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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