Which university did Georgia O'Keeffe attend before studying at the Art Students League?

Before studying at the Art Students League, Georgia O'Keeffe attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She enrolled at the Chicago art school in 1905 and studied there until 1906. The institution provided formal training in drawing, painting, and art fundamentals. She then moved to New York and attended the Art Students League, where she studied under artists including William Merritt Chase.

O'Keeffe's early education followed the academic conventions common in American art schools. Her later development moved away from simply reproducing appearances. While teaching in Texas and Virginia, she experimented with simplified forms and produced the abstract charcoal drawings that helped launch her modernist career.

The institution is often shortened to the Art Institute of Chicago, but its formal name in this context is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is a separate educational institution from the Art Students League of New York, where O'Keeffe studied afterward.