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O'Keeffe

 (ō-kēf′), Georgia 1887-1986.
American painter known especially for her sensuous close-up paintings of flowers and plants, including Black Iris (1926), and for her landscapes.
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O'Keeffe

(əʊˈkiːf)
n
(Biography) Georgia. 1887–1986, US painter, best known for her semiabstract still lifes, esp of flowers: married the photographer Alfred Stieglitz
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O'Keeffe

(oʊˈkif)

n.
Georgia, 1887–1986, U.S. painter.
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In this living history performance, historian Leslie Goddard portrays Georgia O'Keeffe, the legendary artist and modernist.
Ellsworth Kelly with his abstract work, the precious delicacy of Georgia O'Keeffe's colors and flowers, and the famous pop sculpture LOVE'' by Robert Indiana in the heart of Midtown come together with John Miller's contemporary art." CH shoes are a step ahead in elegance.
This fictionalized memoir follows Georgia O'Keeffe's life from twelve to forty-two.
1) by Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe (1889-1961), a younger sister to one of the most celebrated American artists of the 20th century, Georgia O'Keeffe. The revelation that there had been another talented O'Keeffe who had painted and exhibited, but who was virtually unknown, stunned and perplexed me.
World War I and American Art features some 80 artists-- including Ivan Albright, George Bellows, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Violet Oakley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray, John Singer Sargent, and Claggett Wilson-- whose paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, posters, and ephemera span the diverse visual culture of the period to tell the story of a crucial turning point in the history of American art.
In 1939, the late Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887--March 6, 1986) was among the most famous artists in the United States when she accepted a commission from the Hawaiian Pineapple Company to produce two paintings for advertising campaigns.
Chiuri's apparent inspirations for her 80-piece show were the rough weather Western wardrobe of Santa Fe painter Georgia O'Keeffe (turquoise bangles, skinny leather belts and Navajo blanket coats), Frida Kahlo's imagery (a Tarot card, Dia de los Muertos embroidery), and even Diana Vreeland's early modeling days for Harper's Bazaar, when she wore a black felt Spanish hat and a maxi skirt, two items worn by almost every model for the show.
An art section will feature a sculpture made from plaster casts of 400 women's vulvas (it's a 2008 installation titled "The Great Wall of Vagina" and its aim is to start a debate on labial beauty standards dominated by the pornographic industry) and Georgia O'Keeffe's 1926 "Black Iris" painting.
Works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and other US abstract expressionists are on show at Berlin's Barberini Museum.
In her impressive historical novel, Georgia (Random House, $17, 352 pages, ISBN 9780812981865), Dawn Tripp delves into the life of visionary artist Georgia O'Keeffe. In Texas in the early 1900s, O'Keeffe struggles to make ends meet as an art teacher.
Georgia O'Keeffe Tate show to challenge sexual cliches.
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