Georgia O'Keeffe (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1887 -1986) was an American artist famous for her paintings of nature and desert landscapes of the southwest region of the United States. O'Keeffe studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York and Columbia University. In her earlier years, she taught art at West Texas State University. Her works are displayed in museums throughout the nation. To celebrate the 1976 opening of the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian's Resident Associate Program issued an offset lithograph of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1959 painting, Blue A.