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Georgia O’Keeffe: Quick Facts

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MMCA exhibition to highlight iconic American modernist painter Georgia O'Keeffe • Nov. 10, 2026, 9:09 PM ET (Korea Herald)
A Georgia O’Keeffe painting found hidden in a closet could fetch $3 million • Nov. 6, 2026, 10:30 PM ET (Washington Post)
A new Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit opens a window to unfamiliar works • Nov. 1, 2026, 10:18 AM ET (CBS)

Facts

Born November 15, 1887 • Wisconsin • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died March 6, 1986 (aged 98) • Santa Fe • New Mexico
Political Affiliation National Woman’s Party
Notable Works “Black Place III” • “From the White Place” • “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1” • “Pelvis IV”
Movement / Style Precisionism
Notable Family Members spouse Alfred Stieglitz

Photos

Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe sits beside her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, in a room with a bird painting and sculpture visible in the background.
Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe: Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Georgia O'Keeffe: Lake George Reflections
Georgia O'Keeffe
American painter Georgia O'Keeffe
A cameraman films Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1, which features a large white flower with green leaves against a blue background, displayed in a gold frame.
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Jean de Limbourg
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Herman de Limbourg
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Streeton, Arthur
Australian artist
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Homer Watson
Canadian painter
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David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
Paul Cézanne
French artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
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Camille Pissarro: Self-Portrait
Camille Pissarro
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J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
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Oskar Kokoschka
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