Georgia O'Keefe was born in rural Wisconsin in 1887. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied at the Art Students League of New York.
During the 1920s, her large canvasses of lush overpowering flowers filled the still lifes with dynamic energy and erotic tension, while her cityscapes were testaments to subtle beauty within the most industrial circumstances. O'Keefe preferred to depict the calm and natural among the industrialization and chaos her peers were painting and photographing.
In 1985 she received the Medal of the Arts from President Ronald Reagan. In March of the next year, at the age of 98, O’Keeffe passed away at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Santa Fe
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