...Georgia O’Keeffe On November 15, 1887 one the greatest American artists of the twentieth century was born. Georgia O’Keeffe was one of seven children in her family. Her parents Francis Calyxus O’Keeffe and Ida O’Keeffe had a big family. Georgia O’Keeffe in her family Claudia, Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe Jr., Anita, Ida, and Catherine all live in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a farmhouse. At the age of twelve O’Keeffe knew she wanted to be an artist. In 1892 O’Keeffe attend Town Hall School along with her sister Ida and Anita. Lady name Sarah Mann, a local watercolorist gave painting lesson to O’Keeffe and her sister Anita. In 1907 O’Keeffe went to New York to study under William Merritt Chase where she learned about oil painting. Around this time O’Keeffe wanted to give up on her dreams of being an artist. Everyone was teaching her to paint like...
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