Georgia O Keeffe Paintings New Mexico
As she explored the unfamiliar environment she experimented with fresh colors forms and compositional strategies.
Georgia o keeffe paintings new mexico. This was the idea behind my recent visit to northern new mexico to view this land of enchantment as it was taglined in the postwar years through o keeffe s singular eye. Gelatin silver print 3 1 2 x 4 1 2 inches. The georgia o keeffe museum in santa fe new mexico is dedicated to preserving the life art and legacy of the artist and offers tours of her home and studio which is a national historic. She was renowned for her over sized flowers beauteous landscapes of new mexico and plush skyscrapers of new york made between 1925 and 1929.
Artist georgia o keeffe 1887 1986 is one of the most famous women painters in the history of western art known in particular for her emphasis on composition and design over realistic. O keeffe relocated from new york full time in 1949 but her new mexico story begins 20 years earlier with a visit to a friend s artist enclave in taos. Georgia o keeffe pelvis iv 1944 view full details. Georgia o keeffe a famous american painter was regarded as the mother of american modernism because of the unique themes and symbolism her paintings focused upon.
In the fall of that year she accepted a mural commission at radio city music hall which she ultimately abandoned because of technical problems. O keeffe was in new mexico during the summers of 1930 and 1931 but remained at lake george in 1932 making brief painting trips to canada and new york city.