| Born: | November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, WI |
| Died: | March 6, 1986 in Sante Fe, NM |
| "Blue and Green Music" | 1921, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 248 |
| Others at AIC: | "Green Mountain, Canada", 1932, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 248 |
| "Sky Above Clouds IV", 1965, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 249 | |
| (and more) | |
| Painting: | First painting of music, which serves as a model for this non-representational art. The colors are delicate and coordinated, while also expressive with bold lines. |
| Style/Period: | Abstract, non-representational |
| Education: | School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1905-1906 |
| Art Students League, NY 1907-1908 | |
| Learned imitative realism, but didn't like this tradition | |
| Influences: | Arthur Dow - Art as axpression of ideas, using harmonious lines and color |
| Alfred Stieglitz - Husband, Exhibitor, Photographer | |
| Photography - Allowed for close-up views | |
| New Mexico - Muted colors and unique shapes (motifs) | |
| Contributions: | Flower and bone paintings |
| Photographic close-up technique | |
| Sexual symbolism | |
| Simplified details | |
| Pioneered American modernism | |
| Museum: | Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Sante Fe, NM |
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