Was Artist Georgia O’Keeffe A Sex Goddess?

She was a trailblazing artist and “wild” woman

Aimée Brown Gramblin
Sensual: An Erotic Life

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Photo of Georgia O’Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz, 1920. Public Domain. Wikiart.

Famous 20th-century American artist Georgia O’Keeffe lived an unusual life for a woman born in the 1800s. While she was a revered artist, she also lived a non-conventional life. She married an older man and mentor and she had a love affair with a much younger man.

Was Georgia O’Keeffe a sex goddess?

I wanted the answer to be yes for the purposes of this article. While my research hasn’t turned up a definitive answer, it has reaffirmed my suspicion that O’Keeffe was a woman ahead of her times.

She earned a college education, became a teacher and an art model, and moved on her own to New Mexico. Early in her career, she fell in love and had an affair with a mentor, the photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, and eventually married him. When he cheated on her, she eventually moved to New Mexico and gained back her independence.

Okay. In my mind, yes, Georgia O’Keeffe was a sex goddess.

“Series 1, Number 3” by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918. Public Domain. Wikiart. Is it just me, or does that flower look a bit like a clitoris?

Mother of American Modernism

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Aimée Brown Gramblin
Sensual: An Erotic Life

Age of Empathy founder. Creativity Fiend. Writer, Editor, Poet: life is art. Nature, Mental Health, Psychology, Art. Audio: aimeebrowngramblin.substack.com