Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

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by Roxana Robinson

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Those who have read a lot about GO'K....which biography do you most recommend I start with? (or...if I can only read one, which one?) TIA.
Leslie Goddard My favorite is Laurie Lisle's Portrait of an Artist. It was the first comprehensive biography of O'Keeffe and still my favorite. It's readable, engagi…moreMy favorite is Laurie Lisle's Portrait of an Artist. It was the first comprehensive biography of O'Keeffe and still my favorite. It's readable, engaging, detailed without too much detail. For me, Roxana Robinson (Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life) writes extremely well and I enjoyed her book, but she sometimes veers off into speculations and unfounded narrative (Robinson is a novelist, which might be why). Hunter Drohojowsky-Philp (Full Bloom) is a painstakingly detailed, often brilliant, but daunting biography. I think it's more than 500 pages. Full but maybe too full. Drohojowska-Philp is an art journalist and an artist herself, and writes extremely well about art, so I would recommend hers for someone whose top interest is O'Keeffe's art(less)
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