Georgia

seven future sons and daughters. They named her Georgia, after her Hungarian grandfather, George Totto (“Georgia O’Keeffe Biography,” 2016). Little did they know, their infant would become well-known as she grew older. Georgia O’Keeffe created astonishing and inspirational artwork, utilized the Habit of Mind, Thinking Interdependently, to innovate ways to inspire others, and illuminated the artistic field (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for her flower paintings,…

Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe was American female artist born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1905) and the Art Students League in New York City (1907-1908). O’Keeffe on April 3, 1917, had her first solo show. It was sponsored by John Singer Sargent, a artist Georgia admired very much and would later become her husband, featured charcoal sketches, which O'Keeffe had made in 1916. Stieglitz was captivated by them and begun also one of the most famous…

Georgia O’Keefe was born the second of seven children near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Nov. 15, 1887 (“Georgia O’Keeffe: About the Painter”). From the age of 13 (Stabb), she knew she wanted to become an artist, and she began her art career in 1905 by studying at the Art Institute of Chicago. She continued her education a year later at the Art Student’s League of New York. After working in Chicago as a commercial artist for a while, she moved to Texas to teach art (“Georgia O’Keeffe: About the…

Artist Georgia O'Keeffe was brought into this world on November 15,1887. O'Keeffe lived on a farm in Prairie, Wisconsin. Her parents were neighbors growing up and they were really good friends. Her father Calixtus O'Keeffe was Irish, and her mother Ida Totto was of Dutch and Hungarian heritage. Georgia had six siblings and she was the second of the seven children. O'Keeffe's mom was a doctor, she was very smart and wanted her kids to be very well educated. O'Keeffe was very interested in the…

For Georgia O’Keeffe America was her canvas. The vibrant colors of her life and legacy left brilliant marks on history and how we view American art and artists today. As a small girl from Sun Prairie Wisconsin no one expected her to become as successful as she was (Unknown B 1). With the help of her husband, Alfred Stieglitz and her talent she went on to create masterful works (Unknown B 1). O’Keeffe once said, “To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” (Unknown F 1). From her…

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.” Georgia O’Keefe played a crucial role in the development of American modernism art. She sought to capture the power and emotions of objects through abstracting the natural world. Georgia O’Keeffe lived for almost an entire century. Born November 15th 1887 and died on March 6th 1986 at the age of 98, O’Keeffe survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. She…

In Furman v. Georgia, William Henry Furman was robbing a house and the person that lived there discovered Furman. Furman by accident he claimed, as he was leaving the house he tripped and his firearm shot the owner killing him. His previous statement had been that he had turned and blindly shot the victim. He was found guilty of committing murder during a robbery and was punished to death. However, Furman was never put to death. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision the court decided that…

Gregg v. Georgia 428 US 153 (1976) History: The case of Gregg v. Georgia originated in the state of Georgia. The case originally took place in the Georgia Supreme court where the petitioner originally pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them. From there the petitioner challenged the decision and said the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth and fourteenth amendments. From this stage the case was then heard by the United States Supreme Courts. The United…

Furman v. Georgia Any case that can make its way to the level of the supreme court shouldn’t be taken lightly. It’s probably a case that can cause controversy or is because of controversy. Back in 1972, there was a case known as Furman v. Georgia. This particular case circled around the issue of placing the death penalty as the final verdict of a person convicted as guilty. Though the person convicted was guilty of murder, the case was brought to the supreme court to dispute the punishment of…

Georgia was the first in the United States to abolish the death penalty. This case dealt with three separate cases as a whole. All three cases dealt with African American males committing various crimes in the state of Georgia. The first male William Henry Furman was 26, had not completed the 6th grade, and was diagnosed as moderately mentally deficient, suffering…