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Who was Georgia O'Keeffe? / by Sarah Fabiny ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ? | Who HQ NOWPublisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 108 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Children
ISBN:
  • 9780448483061
  • 0448483068
  • 9780593521397
  • 0593521390
  • 9781518265020
  • 1518265022
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who was Georgia O'Keeffee? -- Farm girl -- Art school -- Teaching and Texas -- Stieglitz and a show -- Joining forces -- A focus on flowers -- New inspiration -- Life in the desert -- A whole new world -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Where to find Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings.
Summary: "Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal O'Keeffe's influences. Explore the adventures that inspired O'Keeffe's paintings of skyscrapers, barns, skulls, and flowers, and made her into an American art icon of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography O'KEEFE, G. F119 Available 33111011008295
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography O'KEEFE, G. F119 Available 33111010894281
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life's work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was series.

Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal O'Keeffe's influences. Explore the adventures that inspired O'Keeffe's paintings of skyscrapers, barns, skulls, flowers, and made her into an American art icon of the twentieth century.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107).

Who was Georgia O'Keeffee? -- Farm girl -- Art school -- Teaching and Texas -- Stieglitz and a show -- Joining forces -- A focus on flowers -- New inspiration -- Life in the desert -- A whole new world -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Where to find Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings.

"Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal O'Keeffe's influences. Explore the adventures that inspired O'Keeffe's paintings of skyscrapers, barns, skulls, and flowers, and made her into an American art icon of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.

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