Born November 15, 1887. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Died March 6, 1986. Sante Fe, New Mexico. 99 years. Quite a time to have been alive. She’s famous for New Mexico landscapes, giant flowers and New York City skyscrapers (don’t ask me). Her landscapes and flowers are fairly interesting in my opinion. In my old age I’m very wary of the simplistic nature of some art, simply covering up a lack of talent.

Her skyscrapers though! Just love ’em. I didn’t realize it until recently, but I just love urban art. O’Keeffe has been called the “Mother of American modernism” – (Wikipedia) Her husband was photography legend Alfred Stieglitz. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

“In the summer of 1929, O’Keeffe made the first of many trips to northern New Mexico. The stark landscape and Native American and Hispanic cultures of the region inspired a new direction in O’Keeffe’s art. For the next two decades she spent most summers living and working in New Mexico. She made the state her permanent home in 1949, three years after Stieglitz’s death.” (from her museum’s about page)

Oh well. I find them kind of interesting.