The bold, poetic flower forms of Georgia O'Keeffe have become modern American classics. Working in an exaggerated scale, O'Keeffe achieved timeless abstractions by reducing her subjects to their simplest form and color. Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later at the New York Art Students League under the direction of William Merritt Chase. At a time when women were strongly discouraged from pursuing careers, O'Keeffe embarked on a path that ulti
