Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
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This volume is a biography of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986). O'Keeffe is known for large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, desert landscapes, and stark white cow skulls. The author examines O'Keeffe's life events in an attempt to discover their influence on her artistic works. He documents O'Keeffe's breakdowns, her domination by husband Alfred Stieglitz, and the long affair between Stieglitz and Dorothy show more Norman. Driven to a nervous breakdown by Stieglitz's affair, O'Keeffe relocated and redefined herself in New Mexico, where she created her unforgettable signature paintings. Through personal material - including interviews with Dorothy Norman, Stieglitz's longtime paramour - this biography offers an insight into O'Keeffe's defining relationships and the effect of her husband's infidelity, and offers a portrayal of a life shrouded in myth. Georgia O'Keeffe (1887?-1986) was one of the most successful American artists of the twentieth century: her arresting paintings of enormous, intimately rendered flowers, desert landscapes, and stark white cow skulls are seminal works of modern art. But behind O'Keeffe's bold work and celebrity was a woman misunderstood by even her most ardent admirers. This large, finely balanced biography offers an astonishingly honest portrayal of a life shrouded in myth. show lessTags
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Good but very long and detailed. She was quite an individualist with a passion for forms and a developed love for New Mexico.
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- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Dedication
- To David
- First words
- The sun was fierce on July 18, 1997, proclaimed Georgia O'Keeffe Day by the governor of New Mexico.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Pausing until the wind was blowing to the north, he threw the ashes so they would be scattered over he beloved Ghost Ranch.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
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