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 13
... summer, red-winged blackbirds flashed like rubies amid the green-gold fields. After a radiant autumn, however, the plains were blanketed in deep snow and temperatures regularly dropped below zero. That land was the contract that brought ...
... summer, red-winged blackbirds flashed like rubies amid the green-gold fields. After a radiant autumn, however, the plains were blanketed in deep snow and temperatures regularly dropped below zero. That land was the contract that brought ...
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... summer, wildflowers bloomed against the wire and wood-post fence beyond which plains rolled out to an unbroken horizon. In the fall and winter months, she looked out her bedroom window at the broad gun-metal sky. This land left an ...
... summer, wildflowers bloomed against the wire and wood-post fence beyond which plains rolled out to an unbroken horizon. In the fall and winter months, she looked out her bedroom window at the broad gun-metal sky. This land left an ...
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... summer—and their teacher, Mrs. Zed Edison, often escorted them. Since Frank was a school board member and Ida actively interested in education, Edison boarded at the O'Keeffes' house and the families in the community collectively paid ...
... summer—and their teacher, Mrs. Zed Edison, often escorted them. Since Frank was a school board member and Ida actively interested in education, Edison boarded at the O'Keeffes' house and the families in the community collectively paid ...
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... summer, she placed it under the shade of the hemlock and apple trees. A pan of water became a lake and a boat was devised from a piece of shingle. There, her dolls took walks on sandy paths under trees made from tall weeds. In this ...
... summer, she placed it under the shade of the hemlock and apple trees. A pan of water became a lake and a boat was devised from a piece of shingle. There, her dolls took walks on sandy paths under trees made from tall weeds. In this ...
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... summer vacation. Her parents had rented a house on the York River to overcome the sweltering humidity of the town. For furniture, they made tables from boards and sawhorses. Mattresses were laid on the floor. Georgia loved these ...
... summer vacation. Her parents had rented a house on the York River to overcome the sweltering humidity of the town. For furniture, they made tables from boards and sawhorses. Mattresses were laid on the floor. Georgia loved these ...
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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