Georgia O’Keeffe

November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986

Do you know what words describe Georgia O’Keeffe?

First Grade Visual Arts Content Standards

1.1 Describe and replicate repeated patterns in nature, in the environment, and in works of art.

2.2 Mix secondary colors from primary colors and describe the process.

2.4 Plan and use variations in line, shape/form, color, and texture to communicate ideas or feelings in works of art.

ArtistAn artist is a person who creates art.

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was born in a farmhouse on a large dairy farm outside of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on November 15, 1887. She was the second of seven children.

Georgia’s Fame

While most people did not know about Georgia O’Keeffe as they did about other famous artists like Picasso or van Gogh, most people have at one time or another seen her work. She became famous for paintings of large, oversized flowers. Her first painting that was like that was created in 1924 and became very popular in art world. What is also unique about O'Keeffe's work is that while she painted nature, landscapes, bones, and city structures, not once did she ever paint people in all her work.

When Georgia was in the eighth grade she asked a daughter of a farm employee what she was going to do when she grew up. The girl said she didn't know. Georgia replied very definitely... "...I am going to be an artist!"--"I don't really know where I got my artist idea...I only know that by that time it was definitely settled in my mind."

A ram is a male sheep.

Poppy• After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields

was published in 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.

• • Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy

Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is a memorial ... red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilt in the war.

• California Poppy is the Symbol Flower of California.

Are you ready to become an artist like Georgia O’Keeffe and create

your own art piece?