Georgia O'Keeffe's unique artistic vision made her one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was born in Wisconsin, went to school in Illinois, New York, and Virginia, taught art in South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, and spent many years making art in New York and New Mexico. Beginning in the 1950s, she traveled extensively around the world. Out of all these experiences she distilled a style that is at once American and universal, cool and passionate.The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, holds the premier collection of her work, of which an important selection is pictured here. All of the works are reproduced in color.Barbara Buhler Lynes, Museum Curator, The Emily Fischer Landau Director, The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center, has made the selection of the works shown and provides a brief biographical overview and a chronology of the artist's work and life. Read Less