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Quiz about The Life of Georgia OKeeffe
Quiz about The Life of Georgia OKeeffe

The Life of Georgia O'Keeffe Trivia Quiz


This is a ten question quiz about the life of Georgia O'Keeffe.

A multiple-choice quiz by lisa6349. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
lisa6349
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
302,205
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
532
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Question 1 of 10
1. Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887 in New Mexico.


Question 2 of 10
2. Georgia's mother introduced her to drawing and painting.


Question 3 of 10
3. Georgia studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the famous 291? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was Georgia's connection to Alfred Stieglitz? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What place did Georgia call "the faraway"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Georgia received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Jimmy Carter in 1977 and the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan in 1985.


Question 8 of 10
8. "Pattern of Leaves" is the title of one of her paintings.


Question 9 of 10
9. Georgia completed a series of paintings called "Sky Above the _________." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Most of O'Keeffe's work is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887 in New Mexico.

Answer: False

She was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin at the family farmhouse. Among her earliest memories are cattle and horses, geese, apple trees and fields of wildflowers.
2. Georgia's mother introduced her to drawing and painting.

Answer: True

Ida O'Keeffe was intellectually inclined and intent on her children receiving a good education. She often read to them and provided books from which to study drawing. When Georgia was nearly twelve, her mother arranged painting lessons for them.
3. Georgia studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Answer: True

Georgia went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago at age 17, but only spent one year. She felt the rooms were too dark, and never became interested in the studies of human form. She also studied at the Art Students League in New York.
4. What is the famous 291?

Answer: Art gallery

Opened by photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1905 at 291 Fifth Avenue, 291 was an abbreviated name for "The Little Galleries of Photo-Secession." He wanted to prove that photography could be art as well. He would later introduce us to the works of Georgia O'Keeffe and many other modern artists.
5. What was Georgia's connection to Alfred Stieglitz?

Answer: His wife

Georgia and Alfred married in 1924 and remained together until his death in 1946.
6. What place did Georgia call "the faraway"?

Answer: New Mexico

Georgia visited northern New Mexico each summer until Stieglitz's death; she then moved there permanently.
7. Georgia received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Jimmy Carter in 1977 and the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Answer: False

She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Gerald Ford, not Jimmy Carter. The Medal of Freedom recognizes individuals who have made an "especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, or to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." The National Medal of Arts is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals or groups, who, in his judgment, "...are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States."
8. "Pattern of Leaves" is the title of one of her paintings.

Answer: True

This painting is at the Phillips Collection Museum in Washington, D.C.
9. Georgia completed a series of paintings called "Sky Above the _________."

Answer: Clouds

This series was her last major work.
10. Most of O'Keeffe's work is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Answer: False

With more than 3,000 works, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico houses the largest permanent collection of her work.
Source: Author lisa6349

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