Which school did Georgia O'Keeffe attend in Chicago before studying in New York?

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Before studying in New York, Georgia O'Keeffe attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

O'Keeffe studied at the school from 1905 to 1906. She then moved to New York and attended the Art Students League from 1907 to 1908, where William Merritt Chase was one of her teachers. These early schools gave her conventional academic training before her art moved toward abstraction.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a separate institution from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. O'Keeffe did not complete a long university career there; her early education included several art schools and later teaching work. Identifying the Chicago school helps distinguish this stage from her New York training and from her later independent development.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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