From Publishers Weekly
Focusing on the period 1915-1930, this rewarding, stunningly illustrated study pinpoints influences--from art nouveau to Kandinsky--which O'Keeffe absorbed. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Library Journal
In this thoughtful and thought-provoking art historical study, Peters first traces strands of Art Nouveau and Symbolist theory in the art of Georgia O'Keeffe. She then discusses other influences, from Arthur Dow as teacher to Paul Strand as photographer and friend. But by far the most sustained study in the text is the relationship between O'Keeffe's painting and the photography and philosophy of her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Peters argues lucidly and always in accessible language for O'Keeffe's emergence as a great and deeply individual artist while illuminating these many influences and illustrating her points with lavish use of excellent reproductions. This is the most intelligent book yet done on O'Keeffe. A worthy purchase for most collections.- GraceAnne A. DeCandido, "School Library Journal"Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
By examining the period from 1915 to 1930, with flashbacks to O'Keeffe's little-known studies in Chicago and New York, Becoming O'Keeffe casts a clear new light on how a fiercely independent art student became the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. The careful scholarship and persuasive arguments of Dr. Peters's text--supported with forceful clarity by her choice and juxtapositions of images--reveal not only unexpected complexity in O'Keeffe's own work but also previously unexplored connections with work by her colleagues, particularly her dealer and husband, Alfred Stieglitz, and the photographers Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, and Edward Steichen. Dr. Peters's interpretations of the aesthetic and personal interaction between O'Keeffe and Stieglitz show for the first time how strongly the painter's work influenced Stieglitz's own, and she suggests new ways of understanding their art and their relationship. That she does all this in exhilaratingly good prose makes this book a rare pleasure to read. Now revised to take into account the latest scholarship, Becoming O'Keeffe also provides an updated and expanded bibliography, as well as six new illustrations.


From the Publisher
Praised by Library Journal as "the most intelligent book yet done on O'Keeffe," this penetrating and sympathetic biography vividly chronicles the young artist's search for her own unique expression.


About the Author
Sarah Whitaker Peters, who earned her master's in art history from Columbia University and her doctorate from the City University of New York Graduate Center, lives in New York and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

By examining the period from 1915 to 1930, with flashbacks to O'Keeffe's little-known studies in Chicago and New York, Becoming O'Keeffe casts a clear new light on how a fiercely independent art student became the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. The careful scholarship and persuasive arguments of Dr. Peters's text—supported with forceful clarity by her choice and juxtapositions of images—reveal not only unexpected complexity in O'Keeffe's own work but also previously unexplored connections with work by her colleagues, particularly her dealer and husband, Alfred Stieglitz, and the photographers Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, and Edward Steichen.

Dr. Peters's interpretations of the aesthetic and personal interaction between O'Keeffe and Stieglitz show for the first time how strongly the painter's work influenced Stieglitz's own, and she suggests new ways of understanding their art and their relationship. That she does all this in exhilaratingly good prose makes this book a rare pleasure to read. Now revised to take into account the latest scholarship, Becoming O'Keeffe also provides an updated and expanded bibliography, as well as six new illustrations.

About the Author: Sarah Whitaker Peters, who earned her master's in art history from Columbia University and her doctorate from the City University of New York Graduate Center, lives in New York and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Peters argues lucidly and always in accessible language for O'Keeffe's emergence as a great and deeply individual artist while illuminating [the artist's] many influences and illustrating her points with lavish use of excellent reproductions.

Publishers Weekly

Focusing on the period 1915-1930, this rewarding, stunningly illustrated study pinpoints influences--from art nouveau to Kandinsky--which O'Keeffe absorbed. (Sept.)

Library Journal