Which school did Georgia O'Keeffe attend before studying at the Art Students League in New York?

Georgia O'Keeffe attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before studying at the Art Students League in New York.

She studied at the Chicago art school from 1905 to 1906. In 1907 she moved to New York and attended the Art Students League, where she studied under William Merritt Chase and won a scholarship connected with the school.

These conventional academic studies gave O'Keeffe training in drawing, painting, and working from observation. Her later approach became more experimental, particularly after she encountered the ideas of Arthur Wesley Dow. Dow’s emphasis on composition and personal expression helped her move away from simply reproducing what she saw.

The two schools are sometimes reversed in short biographies because both were important early institutions in her career. Chicago came first; the Art Students League followed in New York.