Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe paints lovely pitchers of flowers.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Georgia O'Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s.Born near Sun.Her mother made her and her sisters attend art classes.Because her parents believed she did so well, they suggested she attend art school.n 1905, O'Keeffe enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1907, she attended the Art Students League in New York City, where she studied with William Merritt Chase. In 1908, she won the League's William Merritt Chase still-life prize for her oil painting money Sheba (Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot). Her prize was a scholarship to attend the League's outdoor summer school at Lake George, New York. While in the city in 1908, O'Keeffe attended an exhibition of Rodi's watercolors at the 291, owned by her future husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.