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Continuing Chronicle's acclaimed series of artist books for kids, Wideness and Wonder is the fascinating story of the mysterious and beloved artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Well-known children's biography writer Susan Goldman Rubin traces the events that shaped O'Keeffe's art and how art influenced O Keeffe's life in return. Wideness and Wonder is colorful, accessible, and packed with the art that made O'Keeffe so renowned. ... Read more

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A biography of the noted American artist who found much of her artistic inspiration in nature, especially the desert landscape of the Southwest. ... Read more

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A National Gallery of Art PublicationGeorgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), one of the most innovative and renowned of all American artists, made works on paper throughout her long career. More than 50 of her most stunning watercolors, charcoals, and pastels are presented in this volume, the catalogue of an exhibition that opens in April 2000 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and travels in July to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.

Images dating from 1915 through 1962 reveal O'Keeffe's unique imagination and technical virtuosity and chart the development of her personal abstract vision. Essays by well-known scholars address the significance of the works on paper to O'Keeffe's art as a whole; examine the importance of her choice of materials in the development of her aesthetic; and place O'Keeffe's works on paper in the context of her American modernist contemporaries.80 illustrations, 60 in full color, 192 pages, 81_4 x 103_4"RUTH E. FINE is curator of modern prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.ELIZABETH GLASSMAN is president emerita of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.

BARBARA BUHLER LYNES is curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Emily Fisher Landau Director of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center, Santa Fe.JUDITH WALSH is senior paper conservator at the National Gallery of Art.

80 illustrations, 60 in full color, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4"

EXHIBITION SCHEDULENational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Apr. 9-July 9, 2000Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa FeJuly 25-Nov. 9, 2000Amazon.com Review
The world knows Georgia O'Keeffe for her monumental paintings of flowers, shells, and sun-drenched New Mexico landscapes. She also worked on a smaller scale in watercolor, pastels, and charcoal, experimenting with themes and ideas. Fifty-five of her drawings are illustrated in O'Keeffe on Paper, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. The images work on several levels: viewing what at first seem brightly colored, jewel-like abstractions, with titles such as Pond in the Woods and Portrait of Paul Strand, we suddenly become aware of more complex, realistic forms. Witty and accessible, O'Keeffe's drawings remind us to recognize significance and beauty in our daily surroundings. The book's supporting essays are well written and useful. The first, which places O'Keeffe in the context of her teachers and colleagues, is an excellent survey of the early-20th-century American avant-garde; the second explores the evolution of O'Keeffe's ideas, developing her youthful question, "If one can only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?" The final essay is a detailed analysis of the materials she used. An extra dimension is given by photographs of O'Keeffe at work and some illuminating pictures by artists who influenced her. Reflecting a statement by the critic John Canaday quoted early in the book--"In a drawing artists give us at full strength, but with minimum elaboration, the essence of whatever they have to say"--the images in O'Keeffe on Paper are deceptively simple but very satisfying. --John Stevenson ... Read more

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A wonderful change.
This book is outstanding. It provides the reader, or viewer, with the opportunity to enjoy and study many of O'Keeffe's works, in watercolor, pastels, and charcoal drawings.I was very satisfied with my choice. I searched and searched for a book that contained works other than her standard oils and watercolors, that have been so available in other books for years. As an art student, this one fits the bill as a great book to study one of my favorite artists and her varied use of techniques and mediums. Who else could make an avocado look so asthetically wonderful. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the work of Georgia O'Keeffe. You won't be disappointed. ... Read more

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Examines the life and work of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, with an emphasis on the factors influencing her art. ... Read more

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O'Keeffe's paintings complement Stieglitz's photographs in this unique study of the two artists, interspersed with essays by Elizabeth Turner, Belinda Rathbone, and Roger Shattuck. 55,000 first printing. $55,000 ad/promo. ... Read more

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Rich reproductions of Georgia O'Keefe's works highlight this in-depth examination of the artist's life, including her place in the American tradition and her return to the rural subjects of her childhood. ... Read more

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Many Color Art reproductions
This book has a thorough and interesting history of the artist and explanations of her works defining moments of massive growth as an artist. The history describes well her confidences arising out of her doubts.

never too many books of O'Keeffe paintings
This is the catalog for an international exhibition that was shown in England, Mexico, and Japan. Eldredge offers an interesting, readable, brief biography of the artist and a thoughtful, coherent discussion of the paintings in the exhibit, most of which are reproduced as full-page color plates. Arguably the most important among American artists, there can never be too many books of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. ... Read more

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very well written, concise and fun to read
This is a very solid introduction to the life and works of Ms Okeefe. It's detailed without being excessively so. Great for any home library. An educational (albeit pricey) gift for artistic children and adults.

Georgia O"Keefe An Amazing Life
Ms. Shull's biography of Georgia O'Keefe is original, well written and interesting to read. Ms. Shull's carefully reasearched book weaves together facts and anecdotes to give the reader a complete portrait of a most complicated woman/artist. I throughly enjoyed this book and think that readers of all ages would find it interesting and enlightening. This book would be a great addition to eveyone's library! BUY IT!!! ... Read more

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Jigsaw Puzzle ... Read more