world of art - georgia o'keffee - by lisa mintz messinger

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades, and is often called "the mother of American modernism". Throughout her long and prolific career she remained true to her unique artistic vision, creating a highly individual style that synthesized the formal language of modern European abstraction and the themes of traditional American pictorialism. The main subjects to which she returned again and again were the flowers, animal bones and the landscapes around her studios in Lake George, New York, and finally near Santa Fe, New Mexico, with which she has been ultimately identified.

Image of Georgia O'Keeffe in NM landscape by Tony Vaccaro.