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GeorGia o’Keeffe
My name is
Georgia O’Keeffe.
When I was 12
years old I knew I
wanted to be an
artist. I went to art
schools and even
was an art teacher
for a while. The
one thing I love to
do is PAINT!
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Georgia O’Keeffe was born on her family’s
large Wisconsin farm in 1887.
She would grow up to become one of
America’s most famous painters.
Georgia loved to paint flowers, mountains, seashells,
and even animal bones she found in the desert.
Georgia usually made her flowers very large. She
was famous for flower paintings.
More Flower Paintings
More Flower Paintings
Shell Paintings
Georgia went out west to visit
friends in New Mexico.
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She thought the desert was
an exciting place to paint.
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Here she began painting the
animal bones, desert
flowers, and churches she
saw.
Animal Skulls
More paintings of animal bones.
Georgia also loved to paint leaves.
More Leaf Paintings
More Leaf Paintings
Georgia O’Keeffe
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Georgia O’Keeffe
decided to become an
artist at a time when it
was proper only for
women to teach art.
Georgia O’Keeffe lived
to be 98 years old.
Vocabulary
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Dominance-direct or focus attention on the
most important part in a work of art.
Color-use of hue in artwork and design.
Letter to the Artist
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Write a letter to the
Georgia
O’Keefe….start with
Dear Mrs. O’Keefe
Let her know what you
thought of her painting
to the right.
Describe, analyze, and
interpret the painting
(use 2 vocab. words)
Ask 2 questions
Grading Checklist
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Critique artwork=10 points
Vocabulary=5 points
2 Questions=5 points