40.+Georgia+O’Keefe+(1887-1986)

**1. Birthplace **
Gerogia O'Keefe was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

**2. Art movement (for example, the Renaissance) **
During this time period many artmovements were going on. For example, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Futurism, and Luminism just to name a few.

**4. Who or what influenced their work? **
O'Keefe was influenced by the artist, Arthur Wesley Dow, who influenced artists to express their feelings and ideas through their art.

**5. What made their work unique? Describe their style of artwork. **
O'Keefe's work was some ofthe more innovated, she began doing abstract charcoal drawings which was recognized throughout America As being oneoomf the most innovated.

**6. Is there any interesting story of their life you can share? **
Georgia O'Keefe has a museum named after her that is located in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

**7. Include a quote by or about the artist. **
===="I have things in my head that are not like what anyone hame taught me - shapes and ideas are so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down."==== Georgia O'Keefe

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