The Georgia O'Keefe Museum

 Sante Fe, New Mexico is home 

to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum.

Sharing some of the favorites

 from my visit there.

 Untitled- Vase of Flowers

1903-1905  

Watercolor paper

The Black Iris, 1926

Oil on Canvas

Petunia No. 2, 1924

Oil on Canvas

Autumn Trees-

The Maples, 1924

Oil on Canvas

 Winter Cottonwoods, East V, 1954

Oil on Canvas

 Mesa and Road East, 1952

Oil on Canvas

  Untitled- Red and Yellow Cliffs, 1940

Oil on Canvas

 Ram's Head , blue Morning glory, 1938

Oil on Canvas

 View through a bone hole.

Georgia developed a keen sense of view.

  From the River, Pale, 1959

Oil on Canvas

  Untitled- Hibiscus, 1939  

Oil on canvas

                                                                          (Wikipedia)

Georgia Totto O'Keefe

Nov. 15,1887- March 6, 1986

Best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, 

New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes.

Recognized as the "Mother of American modernism."

She attended the Art Institute of Chicago a

nd Art League of New York but didn't graduate.

She worked as an illustrator and then taught in Virginia, Texas 

and South Carolina from 1911-1918.

She then began to study watercolor

 at the University of Virginia 

 and then was led to abstract charcoals.

This caught the eye of Alfred Stieglitz, 

and art dealer and photographer 

who became her husband in 1924.

She continued to teach 

and studied at Columbia University in 1914-1915.

O'Keefe and Stieglitz lived together in New York

 until 1929,

when she began to spend part

 of the year in the the Southwest. 

The vistas greatly influenced her paintings.  

She lived in Abiquiu, 

until she moved to Santa Fe in her laster years. 

 In 2014, her 1932 painting - 

Jimson Weed sold for $44,405,000,

 more that that three times the previous 

world auction record for any female artist. 

The Museum in Santa Fe was established after her death.

                                                                 (Wikipedia summary)

The museum was undergoing a major project

 of photographing her work.

 So some artwork was missing on the day of our visit.

All lines and shadows are due to my 

camera, skill and the gallery lighting.