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O'Keeffe

American  
[oh-keef] / oʊˈkif /

noun

  1. Georgia, 1887–1986, U.S. painter.


O'Keeffe British  
/ əʊˈkiːf /

noun

  1. Georgia. 1887–1986, US painter, best known for her semiabstract still lifes, esp of flowers: married the photographer Alfred Stieglitz

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One attendee at the Chamber of Commerce lunch on Thursday, Mary O'Keeffe, said high value residents "were extremely important" to the island.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the 1920s, while O’Keeffe was living in Manhattan, she began painting high-rises, often looking up from below or down on the city and across the East River from her quarters in the Shelton Hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The discovery of his 1851 memoir, combined with evidence O'Keeffe located in newspapers and other archival records, shows that his story continued for more than two decades beyond that assumed date.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

O’Keeffe replied that she should move to New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I look around my bedroom for ideas: from the checkered rug on my floor to the calendar of Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings Dad bought me at the art museum he took me to last summer.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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