Georgia O'Keeffe

The artist Georgia O'Keeffe lived in Williamsburg, Virginia for about a year as a child and Mary Haldane Coleman (of the Tucker house) was her French teacher.(SCRC staff/file) The College of William and Mary conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts upon her in 1938 at a Special Convocation.[1] The earliest known exhibit of O'Keefe's paintings at William and Mary was in Phi Beta Kappa Hall (present day Ewell Hall, May 4-9, 1935.[2] In 2001, the exhibit "Georgia O'Keefe in Williamsburg" was held at the Muscarelle Museum of Art.

Material in the Special Collections Research Center

• To search for further material, see Finding Materials in the SCRC, especially search the SCRC Collections Database for museum records, subject files, posters, programs, and other material.
• Search results for O'Keeffe from the SCRC Collections Database.
• 2001 Exhibit Catalog: Georgia O'Keeffe in Williamsburg : a re-creation of the artist's first public exhibition in the South, January 27-May 27, 2001, edited by Bonnie G. Kelm and Ann C. Madonia, Williamsburg, VA : Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 2000.

References

• SCRC Collections Database.

Need help?

To search for further material, see Finding Materials in the SCRC for an introduction to the SCRC Collections Database, card catalogs, Flat Hat-William & Mary News-Alumni Gazette index, etc.

Questions? Contact the SCRC at spcoll@wm.edu or 221-3090, or visit the Special Collections Research Center in the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary (hours).

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