【美国人物志】乔治亚·奥基弗 (2/11)

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乔治亚·奥基弗 Georgia O‘Keeffe ）或 乔治亚·欧姬芙Georgia Totto O'Keeffe（1887年11月15日~1986年3月6日）是一位美国艺术家，被列为20世纪的艺术大师之一。欧姬芙的绘画作品已经成为1920年代美国艺术的经典代表，她以半抽象半写实的手法闻名，其主题相当具有特色，多为花朵微观、岩石肌理变化，海螺、动物骨头、荒凉的美国内陆景观为主。她的作品中常充满著同色调的细微变化，组成具有韵律感的构图，某些时候欧姬芙画中的物品外轮廓，让观者感到此物品的清脆感。
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John VanderpoelGeorgia was born in 1887, the second of seven children. Her parents were successful farmers in the middle western state of Wisconsin. Georgia's mother also had cultural interests. She made sure that Georgia and her sisters studied art, in addition to their usual school subjects. By the time Georgia was 16, the O'Keeffe family had moved to Williamsburg, Virginia. After Georgia finished school, she attended the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Georgia was especially pleased with the help she got from her teacher, John Vanderpoel. She later wrote that John Vanderpoel was one of the few real teachers she knew.