Georgia O Keeffe New Mexico Landscape Paintings

A sense of place by barbara buhler lynes lesley poling.

Georgia o keeffe new mexico landscape paintings.

Considered the mother of american modernism o keeffe moved to new mexico after her husband s death and was inspired by the landscape to create numerous well known paintings. Princeton university press this is a chronology of her relationship with new mexico sourced from a really excellent book about georgia o keeffe and new mexico. Born on november 15 1887 the second of seven children georgia totto o keeffe grew up on a farm. The rugged terrain of new mexico is stunning and rugged in equal measure and offered hues ideal to her expressive artistic style.

Gift of the georgia o keeffe foundation. Platinum print 9 9 16 x 7 5 8 inches. O keeffe died on. Georgia o keeffe georgia o keeffe 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. In the fall of that year she accepted a mural commission at radio city music hall which she ultimately abandoned because of technical problems. Georgia o keeffe and new mexico is the first book to analyze the artist s famous depictions of these southwestern landscapes. 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.

2003 1 1 georgia o keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20 th century renowned for her contribution to modern art. 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. As a key gardener and modernist artist who placed a high importance on colour it was inevitable that landscape paintings would make their way into the career of georgia o keeffe.