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  1. Visit the museum dedicated to the legendary American artist and explore her galleries, home, and studio. Learn about her art, life, and legacy through exhibitions, events, and online programs.

  2. Explore the art, life, and spirit of Georgia O'Keeffe at the Museum's main campus in Santa Fe and her homes and studios in Abiquiú. Learn about her paintings, drawings, collections, exhibitions, and educational programs.

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    Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto OKeeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905-1906 and the Art Students League in New York in 1907-1908. Under the direction of William Merritt Chase, F. Luis Mora, and Kenyon Cox she learned the techniques of traditio...

    Dows emphasis on composition and design offered OKeeffe an alternative to realism. She experimented for two years, while she taught art in South Carolina and west Texas. Seeking to find a personal visual language through which she could express her feelings and ideas, she began a series of abstract charcoal drawings in 1915 that represented a radic...

    OKeeffe mailed some of these highly abstract drawings to a friend in New York City, who showed them to Alfred Stieglitz. An art dealer and internationally known photographer, he was the first to exhibit her work in 1916. He would eventually become OKeeffes husband. By the mid-1920s, OKeeffe was recognized as one of Americas most important and succe...

    Suffering from macular degeneration and discouraged by her failing eyesight, OKeeffe painted her last unassisted oil painting in 1972. But OKeeffes will to create did not diminish with her eyesight. In 1977, at age ninety, she observed, I can see what I want to paint. The thing that makes you want to create is still there.

    Learn about the life and art of Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most significant artists of the 20th century and a pioneer of modern art. Explore her paintings, drawings, personal property and archive at the museum dedicated to her legacy.

  3. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is dedicated to the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe, her life, American modernism, and public engagement. It opened on July 17, 1997, eleven years after the artist's death.

  4. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum explores the art and life of Georgia O’Keeffe through intentionally curated galleries. Selected works from every era of O’Keeffe’s esteemed career, a collection of personal belongings, and a self-guided audio tour combine to tell O’Keeffe’s bold story.

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  5. Explore the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe through her paintings, photographs, archives, and belongings. Learn about her historic homes, exhibitions, and legacy in the collections online.

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