Georgia O'Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe's life and description of two of her paintings.

Georgia O'Keeffe was an American painter, famous for the purity and brightness of her still-life compositions. O'Keeffe was the second of seven children and was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Education was important in the O'Keeffe family; and as such, all of the children were well educated. O'Keeffe had a preference toward art at a very young age. She does not recall what prompted her to art only that she knew she wanted …

…contributions to art. I found it puzzling she wore black the majority of her life, but her paintings were vibrant and alive with color. Works Cited Ellen. Home Page. Georgia O'Keeffe the young artist, o'keeffe and stieglitz, "the faraway". 27 July 1998. 29 April 2003 <http://ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html> Gilbert, Rita. Living with Art, third edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. c. 1992, pg 125. Nicholson, Lois P. The importance of Georgia O'Keeffe, San Diego: Lucent Books Inc. c. 1995.