MY FAVORITE AMERICAN PAINTER, GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986), a legendary American Modernist painter, developed a style all her own at a time when conformity ruled. O’Keeffe, who felt stifled by the mimicry of her time, found an early champion in Arthur Wesley Dow (1857 – 1922), the influential arts educator, who encourage her to express herself. O’Keeffe was the first woman in America to be given an independent exhibition for her works at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC). Below ‘Flowers Galore’ by O’Keeffe.
