Girl with Brush and Canvas
Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist
The life of artist Georgia O'Keeffe is revealed in this biographical novel — from her childhood when she decided to be an artist, through her art education in Chicago and New York, to her eventual rise to fame in the American Southwest.
At the age of 12, Georgia O'Keeffe announced that she wanted to be an artist. With the support of her family, O'Keeffe attended boarding schools with strong art programs, and after graduating, went to live with an aunt and uncle in Chicago to attend the city's highly regarded Art Institute. Illness forced O'Keeffe to leave Chicago, but once she'd recovered, her family scraped together funds to send her to New York to study at the Art Students League. When…
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February 5, 2019Carolyn Meyer is an award-winning and best-selling author of over sixty books for children and young adults, more than twenty of which are historical. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where a Harvey Hotel and Restaurant was located.