SinceGeorgia O’Keeffe(1887 - 1986 ) is one of the most popular American artist , it ’s no wonder she ’s also one of the most quest artists on " Feel Art Again,“ with votes from readers Gillian , nutmeag , Nerak , and AMT . While most of you have see at least one of her paintings before , there ’s much you probably do n’t know about this iconic painter .
1.Georgia O’Keeffe could retrace her American roots all the wayback to the Mayflower , which one of her ancestors , Edward Fuller , traveled on to reach out the New World . He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact .
2.Her gamy schoolhouse age were a bit crazy , with stint at Sacred Heart Academy ( where she was a roomer ) , Madison High School , and Chatham Episcopal Institute ( where she was again a lodger ) , and a move from Wisconsin to Virginia , O’Keeffe still managed to serve up asart editor of her aged class yearbook , the Mortar Board , at Chatham Episcopal .
3.Any account of O’Keeffe ’s sprightliness will always make honorable mention of her husband , Alfred Stieglitz . Many fail to mention , though , that Stieglitz start living with O’Keeffe while hewas still married to his first wife , Emmeline , and that he wed O’Keeffe only a few months after his divorcement from Emmeline was finalized .
4.O’Keeffe was one of the few distaff creative person who enjoyed bang-up success and wealth during her life-time . In 1928 , the sale of six of her calla lily paintings for $ 25,000 set a track record at the time for the largest pith ever paid for a group of painting by a survive American artist . She received two very large , of import commission : a $ 1,500 mural commission for Radio City Music Hall and a $ 10,000 commission from Elizabeth Arden for a large painting to attend in a New York " exercise beauty shop . " TheMuseum of Modern Arthonored her with a one - woman retrospective in 1946 , their first ever retrospective for a female creative person . And , of course , the laurels rolled her way , with the Medal of Honor from President Gerald Ford and the Medal of the Arts from President Ronald Reagan , as well as10 honorary degreesfrom various schoolhouse .
5.Although O’Keeffe is most famous for her large paintings of flowers ( like " Light Iris " above ) , she also paint many scenes of 1920s New York City ( like " The Radiator Building At Night " above ) . Apparently she did n’t even like efflorescence all that much , as she was quoted saying , " I hate bloom . I only paint them because they ’re cheaper than models and they do n’t move . “
6.Like any fabulously successful artist , O’Keeffe ’s circle of friends included quite a few famous faces . In gain to Stieglitz , who , as a lensman , enjoyed winner on par with O’Keeffe ’s , her unconstipated crowd included the photographer Paul Strand and his wife , artist Rebecca Strand . She was chat in New Mexico byD.H. Lawrence and the Charles Lindberghs , among others , and she metFrida Kahloand Diego Rivera during a trip to Mexico in 1951 .
