Who Was Georgia O'Keeffe?

Written by Sarah Fabiny and Who HQ · Illustrated by Dede Putra

Part of the Who Was . . . ? series

From farm girl to art icon, explore Georgia O'Keeffe's journey to the Museum of Modern Art.

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112 pages· 8,253 words· Est. 1 hour read· 950L

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Journey with Georgia O'Keeffe from a Wisconsin farm to the heights of the art world. Known for her vivid flower paintings, O'Keeffe's work spans skyscrapers, barns, and skulls. Discover how her experiences in New York and New Mexico shaped her iconic style. What inspired this pioneering artist to become the first woman with a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art? Uncover the adventures and influences that made her a twentieth-century art legend.

From the publisher

Discover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was series. Georgia O’Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist’s portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O’Keeffe’s childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal O’Keeffe’s influences. Explore the adventures that inspired O’Keeffe’s paintings of skyscrapers, barns, skulls, flowers, and made her into an American art icon of the twentieth century.

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