Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the most influential figures in American modernism, celebrated for her distinctive paintings of flowers, landscapes, and natural forms. Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, she studied art in Chicago and New York before developing a highly personal style characterized by bold colors, simplified shapes, and close-up perspectives. In the 1910s, her innovative abstract drawings attracted the attention of photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz, whom she later married. O’Keeffe gained national recognition for her large-scale flower paintings, which transformed ordinary subjects into powerful, almost abstract compositions. She was also deeply inspired by the landscapes of New Mexico, where she spent much of her life creating iconic images of deserts, mountains, and animal bones. Through a career spanning more than seven decades, O’Keeffe helped define American modern art and remains one of the most celebrated and widely collected artists of the twentieth century.
