Ever since her days on the Texas Panhandle, Georgia O’Keeffe had harbored a deep affection for
Ever since her days on the Texas Panhandle, Georgia O’Keeffe had harbored a deep affection for the big skies and openness of the American West. In 1929 O’Keeffe spent three months painting New Mexico’s bright blue skies, white animal bones, brown adobe, and pink and red stony cliffs in her distinctive style of bold colors and abstract forms. The American West made O’Keeffe feel so exhilarated and productive that she named northern New Mexico “my country” and promised to return as often as possible. After Alfred Stieglitz died in 1946 she moved permanently to New Mexico and continued to draw upon the motifs and colors of her adopted landscape. Maria Chabot (American, 1913–2001). Georgia O’Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, 1944. Photographic print, 5 x 3½ in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm). @okeeffemuseum, Santa Fe, N.M.; MS-OKAS-0213j. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum -- source link
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