Georgia O'Keeffe

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Introduction; 1887-1907 early years: the shaping of georgia o'keeffe; 1907-1916 finding her vision in the emerging world of modern art; 1916-1924 "i've given the world a woman"; 1925-1937 the stieglitz years: galleries, exhibitions, commissions; 1938-1949 an artist in her own right; 1949-1973 the new mexico years; 1973-1986 artist emeritus; notes; biography; index.;Born in 1887, Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the great figures in the history of the emancipation of modern art from its American essence. At a time when women were primarily wives and mothers, O'Keefe defied convention when she became first the companion, then the wife, of the famous photographer and father of American modern art, Alfred Stieglitz. Georgia O'Keeffe is known above all for her complex visual descriptions of nature: the delicacy of an autumn leaf, the subtle nuances of a flower petal, or the symmetry of an animal's head. Today, we associate her name with bright colours and the auste.