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Who is called the mother of American modernism?

Georgia O'Keeffe is often called the "Mother of American modernism," and she's famous for her huge, close-up paintings of flowers.

Georgia O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico and lived at Ghost Ranch.

Georgia O'Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" sold for about $44.4 million in 2014, a record for a female artist at the time.

Georgia O'Keeffe married photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Georgia O'Keeffe painted animal skulls and bones she found in the desert.

Georgia O'Keeffe rejected Freudian interpretations of her flower paintings.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum opened in Santa Fe in 1997.

Georgia O'Keeffe was hired by Dole to paint pineapples in Hawaii.

Georgia O'Keeffe continued making art with help after losing much of her eyesight.

Georgia O'Keeffe lived to age 98.

Vidalia onions are sweet because they grow in low-sulfur soil in Georgia, and only onions from that region can legally use the name.

Georgia doctor Crawford Long used ether during surgery in 1842 but didn't publish his results until years later.