At which two art schools did Georgia O'Keeffe study in Chicago and New York?

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Georgia O'Keeffe studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York.

She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905 and 1906, receiving conventional academic training in drawing and painting. She then studied at the Art Students League in New York, where she worked under William Merritt Chase and won a scholarship for her still life.

Her education initially followed the dominant academic model, emphasizing observation, technique, and the traditions of European art. O'Keeffe later moved away from that approach after encountering the ideas of Arthur Wesley Dow, whose teaching emphasized composition, line, and personal expression.

The two institutions are sometimes confused with later places where she taught or worked. O'Keeffe taught art in several states, but these Chicago and New York schools were the key institutions in her formal student years.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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