NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In a dazzling work of historical fiction in the vein of Nancy Horan’s Loving Frank, Dawn Tripp brings to life Georgia O’Keeffe, her love affair with photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and her quest to become an independent artist. This is not a love story. If it were, we would have the same story. But he has his, and I have mine. In 1916, Georgia O’Keeffe is a young, unknown art … Georgia O’Keeffe is a young, unknown art teacher when she travels to New York to meet Stieglitz, the famed photographer and art dealer, who has discovered O’Keeffe’s work and exhibits it in his gallery. Their connection is instantaneous. O’Keeffe is quickly drawn into Stieglitz’s sophisticated world, becoming his mistress, protégé, and muse, as their attraction deepens into an intense and tempestuous relationship and his photographs of her, both clothed and nude, create a sensation.
Yet as her own creative force develops, Georgia begins to push back against what critics and others are saying about her and her art. And soon she must make difficult choices to live a life she believes in.
A breathtaking work of the imagination, Georgia is the story of a passionate young woman, her search for love and artistic freedom, the sacrifices she will face, and the bold vision that will make her a legend.
Praise for Georgia
“Complex and original . . . Georgia conveys O’Keeffe’s joys and disappointments, rendering both the woman and the artist with keenness and consideration.”—The New York Times Book Review
“As magical and provocative as O’Keeffe’s lush paintings of flowers that upended the art world in the 1920s . . . Tripp inhabits Georgia’s psyche so deeply that the reader can practically feel the paintbrush in hand as she creates her abstract paintings and New Mexico landscapes. . . . Evocative from the first page to the last, Tripp’s Georgia is a romantic yet realistic exploration of the sacrifices one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century made for love.”—USA Today
“Sexually charged . . . insightful . . . Dawn Tripp humanizes an artist who is seen in biographies as more icon than woman. Her sensuous novel is as finely rendered as an O’Keeffe painting.”—The Denver Post
“A vivid work forged from the actual events of O’Keeffe’s life . . . [Tripp] imbues the novel with a protagonist who forces the reader to consider the breadth of O’Keeffe’s talent, business savvy, courage and wanderlust. . . . [She] is vividly alive as she grapples with success, fame, integrity, love and family.”—Salon
“Masterful . . . The book is a lovely portrayal of an iconic artist who is independent and multidimensional. Tripp’s O’Keeffe is a woman hoping to break free of conventional definitions of art, life and gender, as well as a woman of deep passion and love.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“O’Keeffe blazes across the pages in Tripp’s tour de force about this indomitable woman. . . . Tripp has hit her stride here, bringing to life one of the most remarkable artists of the twentieth century with veracity, heart, and panache.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“I devoured this dazzling novel about an American icon. Dawn Tripp brings Georgia O’Keeffe so fully to life on every page and, with great wisdom, examines the very nature of love, longing, femininity, and art.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and The Engagements
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An interesting book regarding Georgia O’Keefe Professional & Personal life. Her struggle to be recognized as one of America’s best female painters & her relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Her life in New York and her move to New Mexico.
INCREDIBLE!!
This novel, based on the life of artist Georgia O’Keefe, was a compelling read. She was such a creative person leading art into new directions. Tripp made me feel as though she really knew the thoughts and feelings of her character. Her personal life, as presented, was filled with highs and lows. Made me want to learn more about O’Keefe.
A gorgeous novel, impeccably researched, by an author who obviously knows the tribulations and flights of the artistic mind. If you have any interests in the arts, in women, in history, in love, in its opposite, this is for you.
I have been fascinated by Georgia O’Keefe since art appreciation in college. I always assumed she lived most of her life in New Mexico, but I was wrong.
I’ve always loved Georgia O’Keefe’s paintings which makes her as a subject, albeit fictionally based on her biographies, written in the first person a romantic read. I like fiction that provokes me to learn more about a subject and this novel did this for me.
A thoroughly enjoyable glimpse into the life and loves behind the magnificent images this woman created. Well-written and edited.
It made me want to go find out more about Georgia O’Keefe.
Exceptionally well-written. As if the author had gone into the mind of the great artist and understood her completely. The love affair is gritty, realistic. Georgia’s energy behind her art is truth with impact. I loved this book and will read it again at some point.
I have always loved true stories. Peoples lives are always more complex than we think.
Enjoyed the art references and character development. Nice read
This story was so well written it read more like a biography than fiction.
This book gives the best narrative of G. O’Keeffe ‘s life that I have read. Positively captivating.
I enjoyed this fictionalized account of the life of Georgia O’Keefe. I felt the author portrayed her realistically and had a real feeling for what would might have inspired her in her art.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In fact, I got so caught up in it that I asked for (and happily received) a book about Georgia O’Keeffe’s art for Christmas.
Writing in the first person about a well known celebrity is tricky. One could always ask the question – How do you know that? or that? or that? Tripp also included Okeeffe’s passionate, turbulent and important relationship and marriage with Steiglitz. This was such a major part of her life that it could not possibly be excluded or reduced in telling her personal or artistic story. I do feel that I have a greater understanding now of this iconic artist and woman and when I view her art it will be with more awareness and compassion for her and her significant body of work.
Very little about art. Mostly about her love life.
An interesting look at the life of an unconventional and talented woman.
it felt like a stretch to know what Georgia might feel in her most intimate moments with Arthur but the history of the relationship and her development as an artist and the forces that shaped her as a woman were insightful and informative, The backdrop of the places and characters surrounding her were artfully revealed.
This appears very well researched, but sounds fresh and natural. The dynamics of the relationship were intense, and I wonder how much more or better or simply differently O’Keeffe might have woeked, had she not been held back by a controlling spouse.