Her dazzling career spans virtually the entire history of modern art in America.Īrmed with passion, steadfastness, and three years poring over research, former Newsweek reporter Laurie Lisle finally shines a light on one of the most significant and innovative twentieth century artists. Renowned for her fierce independence, iron determination, and unique artistic vision, Georgia O’Keeffe is a twentieth-century legend. Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness by Laurie Lisle (Goodreads Author) 3. Portrait of an Artist is an in-depth account of her exceptional life-from her girlhood and early days as a controversial art teacher, to her discovery by the pioneering photographer of the New York avant-garde, Alfred Stieglitz, to her seclusion in the New Mexico desert where she lived until her death.
O’Keeffe’s personal mystique is as intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases.
Her vivid visual vocabulary-sensuous flowers, bleached bones against red sky and earth-had a stunning, profound, and lasting influence on American art in this century. Without Child brings scope and depth to a subject that has long been misunderstood. Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most original painters America has ever produced, left behind a remarkable legacy when she died at the age of ninety-eight. Recollections of more than one hundred of O’Keeffe’s friends, relatives, colleagues, and neighbors-including 16 pages of photographs-as well as published and previously unpublished historical records and letters provide “an excellent portrait of a nearly legendary figure” ( San Francisco Chronicle). The woman who emerges has extraordinary personal stature, artistic gifts, commitment to her vision.” -( Chicago Tribune) “Readers will welcome what Lisle has found.
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