Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe

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	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	Laurie Lisle
	Narrator :	Grace Conlin

	Length :	14 hours 30 minutes (Unabridged)

Physical Price :		$39.95
Download Price :		$24.49

Format :		Encoded Windows Media

© 2006 Blackstone Audio Inc

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Fascinating . . filled with riches . . . what a personality emerges from these
pages!Joyce Carol Oates

This OKeeffe will shock as much as amuse, chill as much as inspire.Christian Science
Monitor

Georgia OKeeffe, one of the most original painters America has ever produced, left behind a
remarkable legacy when she died at the age of 98. Her vivid visual vocabularysensuous flowers,
bleached bones against red sky and earthhad a stunning, profound, and lasting influence on
American art in this century.

OKeeffes personal mystique is as intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvasses. Here is
the first full account of her exceptional lifefrom 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.

And here is the story of a great romancebetween the extraordinary painter and her much older mentor,
lover, and husband, Alfred Stieglitz.

Renowned for her fierce independence, iron determination, and unique artistic vision, Georgia OKeeffe is
a twentieth century legend. Her dazzling career spans virtually the entire history of modern art in America.

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