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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... later incorporated as Sauk City. He joined the Freethinker Congregation there and sent word of promise and opportunity to Wyckoff. Two years later, Wyck- off moved there with his two daughters and second wife, Elizabeth. He planned to ...
... later incorporated as Sauk City. He joined the Freethinker Congregation there and sent word of promise and opportunity to Wyckoff. Two years later, Wyck- off moved there with his two daughters and second wife, Elizabeth. He planned to ...
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... later, he died in the home of his nephew, Emmanuel Tottis, a linen dealer in Budapest. Isabella remembered him by one special gift—a pair of gold and emerald earrings. It is not known if Totto was prevented from returning or simply ...
... later, he died in the home of his nephew, Emmanuel Tottis, a linen dealer in Budapest. Isabella remembered him by one special gift—a pair of gold and emerald earrings. It is not known if Totto was prevented from returning or simply ...
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... later observed, “She was down on the Catholic Church and he was down on the Episcopalian; [they were] always making fun of the opposite church.”3 Over the next twenty years, Sun Prairie's economy was revived through the efforts of City ...
... later observed, “She was down on the Catholic Church and he was down on the Episcopalian; [they were] always making fun of the opposite church.”3 Over the next twenty years, Sun Prairie's economy was revived through the efforts of City ...
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... later said.6 Georgia believed that she was hidden in a back room when company arrived because her mother thought her to be homely. More likely, she was put in the back room so that her mother could visit without the distraction of a ...
... later said.6 Georgia believed that she was hidden in a back room when company arrived because her mother thought her to be homely. More likely, she was put in the back room so that her mother could visit without the distraction of a ...
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... later admit- ted, “I had a sense of power. I always had it.”9 Yet she could not overcome the fact that her parents seemed most devoted to the eldest son, Francis. She saw him as her competition and tried to beat him in everything from ...
... later admit- ted, “I had a sense of power. I always had it.”9 Yet she could not overcome the fact that her parents seemed most devoted to the eldest son, Francis. She saw him as her competition and tried to beat him in everything from ...
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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