O'Keeffe was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1979 by President Gerald Ford and, in 1985, the National Medal of Arts by President Ronald Reagan. Georgia O'Keeffe died in Santa Fe in 1986. She was the first woman artist whose face and life were of great interest to the public. She's just O'Keeffe. She's a very great artist.
Nobody can look at a painting without being affected.
So the mystique begins and endures.