There are many historical artists that may catch your eye such as Pablo Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Georgia O'Keefe, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, etc. All of them were highly talented artists. But, there was only one among these artists that really caught my eye.
Her abstract imagery of the early 1900s is among the most innovative of any work produced during that time by American artists. She almost lived to be 100 years old! She was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom from Gerald R. Ford in January 10, 1977. Any ideas of who this could be?
It would happen to Be Georgia O'Keeffe, of course! Born in the city Sun Prairie in Wisconsin, she attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago.In 1907, she attended the Art Students League in New York City. She studied under William Merritt Chase. She was married to Alred Stieglitz in 1924. She illustrated many landscapes within her artwork. She began working with abstraction in 1915. She has also created many two-dimensional objects as well. Here below are a few of them.
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Horse's Skull With White Rose Oil Canvas- 1931 By: Georgia O'Keeffe |
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| Abstraction Cast Aluminum- 1946 By: Georgia O'Keeffe |
Amazing aren't they? I thought so too. Her artistic creations have affected my style of art by letting me be more free and not too focused on just one certain type of concentration. My main concentration is Culture, but with this she has helped me decide to base my work upon many different cultures. Not just American, Hispanic, & Chinese cultures, but many different other cultures too.
To learn more about her, here are to recommended sources below.
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_o%27keeffe
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Georgia_O_Keeffe.html
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