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Georgia O'Keeffe

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Profession
Painter
Died
Mar 6, 1986
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
WI
About
Modernist artist who was best known for her paintings of flowers and Western landscapes, including "Summer Days." She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 by President Gerald R. Ford and the National Medal of Arts in 1985.
Family
She was the daughter of Ida and Francis O'Keeffe, who were dairy farmers. She was named after her mother's father, George Victor Totto, a Hungarian count. She entered into a relationship with Stieglitz in 1918 and finally married in 1924, when he was able to secure a divorce from his wife.

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