O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1887-11-15 - 1986-03-06
Biographical / Historical
Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887-March 6, 1986) was an American artist. She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe met the photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1917 and, after he divorced his first wife, married him in 1924.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence, 1930-1988
Series
Identifier: MSS. 001. Series I
Scope and Contents Note
This series consists of personal letters, cards and postcards from his mother and various friends while he was in China and after his move to Kansas City. Among the correspondents are his mother, May R. Sickman, Sir Harold Acton, Georgia O'Keeffe, Langdon Warner, Otto Burchard, Margot and Paul Mallon, Lincoln Kirstein, Vincent Price, Carl Van Vechten and Edith and Osbert Sitwell.
Dates:
1930-1988