#ArtSaturday Georgia Totto O’Keefe 1887-1986
American painter, sometimes called the “Mother of American Modernism” pic.twitter.com/Z8T9W9kYd2— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1905: began formal art instruction & training, but was discontent with its emphasis on re-creating and copying nature exactlyApple Family pic.twitter.com/70jQQQBt12
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1908: unable to afford further art education & training, O’Keefe worked 2 years as a commercial illustratorBlue Morning Glories pic.twitter.com/H4LuEyYDfs
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1911: Unable to afford art school and unhappy with her job in commercial illustration, O’Keefe spent the next 7 years as a teacherWhite Camellia pic.twitter.com/UxunTiO9t8
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1912-1914: As a teacher, O’Keefe spent the summers studying art, where she was introduced to principles of Arthur Wesley Dow, who rejected copying nature and encouraged representing it in a more personal fashionAbstraction: White Rose, 1927 pic.twitter.com/It0Q10pIoZ
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1918: Alfred Stieglitz, renowned photographer and art dealer, held an exhibition of O’Keefe’s workBallet Skirt, or Electric Light, 1917 pic.twitter.com/vdwojfll75
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1918: At Stieglitz’s request, O’Keefe moved to New York, where she began pursuing art seriously, and where she also began a personal relationship with (married) StieglitzDrawing XIII, 1915 pic.twitter.com/yzNLOq26Wd
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1918: O’Keefe moved in with Stieglitz, who was still married, and he began taking photos of her. He exhibited many of these photos, and everyone wanted to know who the model was. pic.twitter.com/77hvKiaLnK— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Many of the Stieglitz photos of O’Keefe in the 1918 exhibition were nudes: they caused a public sensation at all shows and got O’Keefe’s own artwork noticed more pic.twitter.com/u3OojxXstr— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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By 1937 when Stieglitz retired from photography, he had taken 350 photos of O’Keefe. Many of the most famous photos of her were taken by StieglitzO’Keefe by Stieglitz, 1920 pic.twitter.com/guRzOWemHv
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1924: O’Keefe married Stieglitz after he divorced his wife. His subsequent infidelities and protracted love affairs caused O’Keefe much grief and despairAutumn Leaves, Lake George, 1924 pic.twitter.com/vDstv1FxXP
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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O’Keefe and Stieglitz lived primarily in Manhattan but spent summers at his family home at Lake George, in upstate NY.Lake George, Autumn, 1927 pic.twitter.com/P636jHg0VO
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From the Lake, 1924 pic.twitter.com/YO8WEKVJai
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Pattern of Leaves, 1923 pic.twitter.com/30Dclo0fS7
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Blue and Green Music, 1919-1921 pic.twitter.com/y7u88SGKBM
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Autumn Leaves, the Maple, 1924 pic.twitter.com/NQf9jP9KJF
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Canna, Red and Orange, 1926 pic.twitter.com/tfuzlycgKW
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Black Iris, 1926 pic.twitter.com/r9KVmJJMyj
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O’Keefe became famous for her up-close paintings of flowers.Flower of Life, 1925 pic.twitter.com/Q0mT4o14u7
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Mountains and Lake pic.twitter.com/AKKJcZ7TXy
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1928-1933: Stieglitz had a long-term affair with Dorothy Norman. After O’Keefe learned of the affair in 1928, she was hospitalized for depression. In 1929, O’Keefe began going to New Mexico to paint: she spent significant time there aloneBlack Cross, 1929 pic.twitter.com/MKHwom2Dio
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1933: Stieglitz was still having an affair with Dorothy Norman. After being hospitalized for a nervous breakdown & not painting for several months, O’Keefe decided to move to New Mexico without her husband.Cow’s Skull, Red, White, and Blue, 1931 pic.twitter.com/oU8cOspRcW
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Summer Days, 1936 pic.twitter.com/8Vj16O9oiR
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Deer Skull with Pedernal (the mountain in the background), 1936 pic.twitter.com/4yKhXtqHKQ
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Pedernal Mountain, NM, viewed from Ghost Ranch, where O’Keefe lived.O’Keefe: “I loved that mountain… and God told me, if I painted it enough, it could be mine.” pic.twitter.com/HWg4aCMI7k
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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The Lawrence Tree, 1929
(at DH Lawrence’s Ranch, NM) pic.twitter.com/T1IRWgELhq— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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O’Keefe entered an art contest held by Dole Pineapple company, which was seeking art for its advertising: O’Keefe’s painting, Pineapple Bud, did not win.Pineapple Bud, 1939 pic.twitter.com/6KS8g2lKCW
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Black Hills with Cedar, 1941 pic.twitter.com/1EPPAlm4R3
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Lake George, Early Moonrise, Spring, 1930 pic.twitter.com/AyppX3I8pM
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Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy, 1928 pic.twitter.com/CZCRojYEsh
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Two Calla Lilies on Pink, 1928 pic.twitter.com/1KYKqLCic4
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Jimson Weed, 1936
sold for $44,405M in 2014 pic.twitter.com/zudCW54h3i— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses, 1931 pic.twitter.com/ovxSEK7ikj
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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From Faraway, Nearby, 1937 pic.twitter.com/Ym1FajHXK3
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O’Keefe is a famous for her New Mexico paintings as she is for her flower paintings.Head with a Broken Pot pic.twitter.com/ubMxcdVT2x
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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It Was A Man and A Pot pic.twitter.com/aKd1i1CGzx
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1946: O’Keefe was the first woman artist to have a Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New YorkJack-in-the-Pulpit, 1930 pic.twitter.com/6tyZvaB7aJ
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Lake George, 1922 pic.twitter.com/BBShiRO6qM
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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The White Flower (Jimson Weed), 1932 pic.twitter.com/Pdheas1Da9
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Light Iris, 1924 pic.twitter.com/uDr2IAkXos
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Oriental Poppies, 1928 pic.twitter.com/7PADa7Rf0U
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Petunias, 1924 pic.twitter.com/3Egot4qlDm
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Poppy, 1920s pic.twitter.com/2146TUSIuo
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Red Hills with Flowers, 1937 pic.twitter.com/CQAO5nCSY7
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Music, Pink and Blue, 1918 pic.twitter.com/C6mXXHLrhL
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Mission pic.twitter.com/cRfd1gY7vX
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Pelvis, with the Distance, 1943 pic.twitter.com/22zrLHw2zo
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Ram Skull with Brown Leaves pic.twitter.com/nFHX9qCSOA
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Horse Skull on blue, 1930 pic.twitter.com/8yauvo2zYt
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Red Canna, 1924 pic.twitter.com/V6unOGG5IX
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Red, and White Shell, 1938 pic.twitter.com/33HjVQ2QGf
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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In the 1960s, male photographers began visiting O’Keefe (one at a time). She took trips with them (one at a time). They took photos of her. pic.twitter.com/JONeaReQ12— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1960s photos of O’Keefe pic.twitter.com/bVvPiWlgcO— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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1960s photos of O’Keefe pic.twitter.com/NLyX7VkEeE— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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The Black Place, 1943 pic.twitter.com/eHAAZvUACe
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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Ladder to the Moon, 1958 pic.twitter.com/sVgUwRXKdZ
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Blue, Black, and Grey, 1960 pic.twitter.com/O6XqaycgGb
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1986: O’Keefe died at the age of 98. Her will left most of her $76M estate to 40-year-old John Bruce Hamilton, with whom she’d lived for the last 13 years. O’Keefe’s family contested the will. It was settled out of court. pic.twitter.com/Dn8T1VIUW8— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
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O’Keefe’s home in Santa Fe became the Georgia O’Keefe Museum after her death in 1986.photo of O’Keefe by Alfred Stieglitz pic.twitter.com/rqI18z7A4C
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) April 14, 2018
