Two of Georgia O’Keeffe’s sisters were also taking advantage of the expanding opportunities under
the various New Deal art-funding programs of the time. One of Georgia’s sisters, Ida continued to pursue her artistic talents and in 1932, at the age of forty-two, she was awarded a master’s degree in fine arts from Columbia University Teachers College.
She made plans to exhibit her work at the Delphic Studios. Ida’s promising work was distinct in style and she continued to exhibit in a half dozen shows throughout the thirties. She worked in several mediums, but at one time specialized in mono-types (images on metal transferred to paper) which she made with an electric iron in her room in New York at night.
Biography of Georgia O’Keeffe by Laurie Lisle p.255
Ida is reported to have said:
My sister Georgia gained more fame, partly because of a husband who worked as a well-known photographer and gallerist.
Check out The Magazine Antiques for a great write up on Ida O’Keeffe.
The website JLW Collection has a wonderful post on Ida Ten-Eyck O’Keeffe as well.
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