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Georgia O'Keeffe was one of America's greatest artists. She was born in 1887 in the state of Wisconsin, one of seven children. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905-06 and then moved to New York, where her career took off.She moved to New Mexico in 1946 and painted many famous landscapes of the scenery there.Her unique works can be viewed in galleries across the world.O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community for her large-format paintings of flower blossoms that looked like close-ups.She met well-known photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who gave O'Keeffe her first gallery show in 1916.The two married in 1924.Some of her popular works from this early period include Black Iris (1926) and Oriental Poppies (1928).
喬治亞·歐姬芙位列最優(yōu)秀的美國藝術(shù)家行列。歐姬芙1887年出生于威斯康星州，有6個兄弟姐妹。她在1905至1906年間就讀于芝加哥藝術(shù)學(xué)院，隨后搬到紐約，在那里她的事業(yè)開始起飛。歐姬芙在1946年搬到了新墨西哥州，在那里畫了很多著名的風(fēng)景畫。歐姬芙獨具特色的作品可以在世界各地的美術(shù)館展出。她以一幅巨幅花朵綻放的作品首次得到紐約藝術(shù)聯(lián)盟的關(guān)注，這幅作品看上去就像特寫鏡頭一般細致。她遇到了著名的攝影師——阿爾弗雷德·史蒂格利茲，他在1916年為歐姬芙舉辦了第一次畫展。兩人在1924年結(jié)婚。歐姬芙早期的一些著名作品都成型于這時期，包括1926年的黑色鳶尾花，1928年的東方罌粟。
After her husband died in 1946, O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico.There, she was inspired by thelandscape to create numerous well-known paintings. Also in 1946, New York's Museum of Modern Art(MOMA) held an exhibition of her life's work – its first ever for a woman artist. O'Keeffe also won many accolades and was given honorary degrees from various universities.In 1972, O'Keeffe's eyesight started to fail. She stopped painting in oil but continued working in pencil and charcoal until 1984.In 1977, President Ford presented O'Keeffe with the Presidential Medalof Freedom, the highest honor given to U.S. citizens.O'Keeffe died on March 6,1986, in SantaFe, Mexico, aged 98. She is widely recognized as the mother of American modernism.
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