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Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.
When her family moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in late 1902, O'Keeffe and her brother, Francis, stayed in Wisconsin with her aunt, Lenore Totto, who was a school teacher. Her art studies at the high school allowed her to further develop her skills in making images of flowers, like a surviving watercolor of tiny cherry blossoms. [6]
Current exhibits include "Georgia O'Keeffe: Making a Life" (through Nov. 2, 2025) and "Rooted in Place" (through Aug. 1, 2024), which focuses on O'Keeffe's exploration of trees in her art.
The Lawrence Tree is a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe in 1929 of a large ponderosa pine tree on the D. H. Lawrence Ranch in Taos County, New Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tree still survives (as of 2024) and may be visited at the Lawrence Ranch.
The exhibition of O'Keeffe's complete Hawaii series of paintings, comprising tropical flowers, landscapes, and cultural artifacts, has only been shown together in their entirety once, appearing in O'Keeffe's original showing at An American Place from February 1 to March 17, 1940, which was positively received by critics at the time.
Webb's photos of his friend Georgia O'Keeffe suggested not only a "loner, severe figure and self-made person" but that there was an "intense connection" between Webb and O'Keeffe. [15] While O'Keeffe was known to have a "prickly personality", Webb's photographs portray her with a kind of "quietness and calm" suggesting a relaxed friendship, and ...
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2013: Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture, Katsinam, and the Land; 2013: Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George (organized with The Hyde Collection, Lake George, New York) 2014: Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawai'i Pictures; 2014: Georgia O’Keeffe: Abiquiu Views; 2014: Georgia O’Keeffe: Ghost Ranch Views [13]