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In 1939, Georgia O’Keeffe traveled to Hawai’i to find inspiration for a commercial assignment for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (now Dole). While in Maui, she took a photo of this canoe shed. What about this shed do you think caught her attention? What catches yours? #okeeffeinspired #oldhawaii #maui
Georgia O'Keeffe. Canoe Shed at Wai'anapanapa Black Sand Beach, Hana, Maui, Hawaii, 1939. Gelatin silver print, 2 5/16 x 2 13/16 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [2006.6.1110]
Before The Home Edit , there was Georgia O'Keeffe.
How do you organize your home? Everything in its place, or clutter makes cozy? #okeeffeinspired
Photo: Krysta Jabczenski, 2019. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
The colors of autumn caught Georgia O'Keeffe's eye. This gorgeous gathering of apples reminds us of the earthy delights that fall brings. What are some of your favorites of the season's simple pleasures?
Georgia O'Keeffe. Apple Family-2, 1920. Oil on canvas, 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [1997.4.3
SAVE THE DATES! The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM, will reopen to the public on September 25, 2020. O’Keeffe Museum members will have early access to the site for previews on September 19, 20, 21, and 24.
Tickets for scheduled entry times will be required and soon available for purchase on our website, gokm.org. In the meantime, we're getting making the Museum Galleries safe and spiffy for you!
We can't wait to see you!
Photo: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Exterior. Narrative Media, 2018. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
For all of the students not able to have the traditional college experience this fall, here’s a daydream from Georgia O’Keeffe’s school days. . . As a young art student, Georgia O’Keeffe found creative inspiration in the University of Virginia’s beautiful campus. What do you love about the back-to-school season?
Georgia O'Keeffe. Untitled (University of Virginia), Scrapbook of UVA, 1912-1914. Watercolor on paper, 11 7/8 x 9 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [2006.5.614]
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will re-open soon! We are working hard to get our galleries ready to welcome you back, and will share important details with dates and guidelines in the upcoming days. Keep an eye on our website and social media for updates.
In the meantime, enjoy our online programs, creative activities, and stay #okeeffeinspired!
Happy International Dog Day! Enjoy this photo taken by Georgia O'Keeffe of her handsome floof, Jingo. #chowchow
Georgia O'Keeffe. Jingo, Circa 1972. Chromogenic print, 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [2006.6.1344]
We are saddened by the passing of Dan Budnik, a friend of Georgia O'Keeffe and remarkable photographer. Imageshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/arts/dan-budnik-dead.html Image: Dan Budnik/Contact Press
In case you missed it. . . Jump over to @NewMexicoPBS to watch our curator Ariel Plotek on ¡Colores! and get a glimpse into Georgia O’Keeffe’s beloved garden! Maybe this will plant a few seeds of creativity? #okeeffeinspired
For years, audiences and experts have assumed the painting represented a stormy night scene at Lake George, New York, where O’Keeffe and her husband Alfred Stieglitz regularly visited his family’s estate. Yet current conservation that removes the layers of shiny film reveals that the painting actually depicts an afternoon tempest. The revelation is also notable because researchers believe it to be Georgia O’Keeffe’s earliest known use of matte-textured paints.
Watch a video about the discovery: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/installation/storm-cloud-lake-george/
Georgia O'Keeffe. Storm Cloud, Lake George, 1923. Oil on canvas, 18 x 30 1/8 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Burnett Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [2007.1.18] https://collections.okeeffemuseum.org/object/156/
The painting Jack in the Pulpit IV from 1930 in the National Gallery of Art collection is part of a series of six canvases where the artist has depicted this common North American herbaceous flowering plant at Lake George in New York. Beginning with the striped and hooded bloom rendered with a botanist’s eye, these Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings subsequently evolved towards the abstraction, ending with the essence of the flower, a black pistil painted against a black, purple and gray background. This canvas represents a midpoint in the process. Presenting a magnified view of the spadix set against the spathe’s cavernous, dark purple interior, the composition is bifurcated by a narrow strip of white. Believing that the immanence of nature could be discovered in and through the refinement of form, she uses abstraction as an equivalent for knowledge. The most profound knowledge of the subject, embodied in its closest view, reveals its abstract form.
Georgia O'Keeffe. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
Source: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.70179.html#entry
Georgia O'Keeffe. Green Lines and Pink, 1919.
Take a closer look by visiting Collections Online: https://collections.okeeffemuseum.org/object/37/
Oil on canvas, 18 x 10 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.
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There are a large variety of museums around the world: museums dedicated to art, history, science, cars, music, sports, etc. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Who's enjoying gardens more than ever this year?
Todd Webb. Georgia O'Keeffe's Chow, 1966. Gelatin silver print, 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation [2006.6.586]
Can you see music?
Painting in the collection of the @artinstitutechi.
Georgia O'Keeffe. Blue and Green Music, 1921. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe (1969.835)
O’Keeffe had first experimented with abstract forms in 1915, and the interplay between abstraction and representation would always inform her style. In 1976 she stated: “The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.” This painting is in the collection of the @whitneymuseum.
Georgia O'Keeffe. Black and White, 1930. Oil on canvas. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Crosby Kemper [purchase, 1981] (81.9)
“Making an object look like what you see is not as important as making the whole square you paint it on feel like what you feel about the object...If that doesn't mean anything to you don't worry about it— Just go ahead with what you are doing.” - Georgia O'Keeffe in a 1928 letter to her sister Catherine.
Georgia O'Keeffe. Red Barn, 1928. Oil on board. Private collection.
"It was in the late light and the cross stood out—dark against the evening sky. If I turned to the left, away from the cross, I saw the Taos mountain—a beautiful shape. I painted the cross against the mountain though I never saw it that way. I painted it with a red sky and I painted it with a blue sky and stars." - Georgia O'Keeffe as told in the 1976 Viking Press book entitled Georgia O'Keeffe.
Georgia O'Keeffe spent the summer of 1929 in Taos, New Mexico where she was inspired to create works depicting the landscapes, architecture, and the region's religious material culture.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Cross with Stars and Blue, 1929. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. Private Collection.
Iconic Georgia O'Keeffe. Photography by Philippe Halsman
What is O'Keeffe thinking in this photograph? Let us know in the comments! 💙
Philippe Halsman. Georgia O'Keeffe, 1967. Gelatin silver print, 13 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Philippe Halsman. [2006.6.830]
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In the decade following Georgia O’Keeffe’s move to New York City in 1918, she lived in the city during winter and spring and retreating to her husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, family compound at Lake George, in upstate New York, during the summer and fall of each year.
During the 1920s and 1930s, they lived in several apartments in New York City, including the Shelton Hotel on the 30th floor. This location inspired O’Keeffe to paint birds-eye views of the East River as well as street-level views of a number of the skyscrapers located in her midtown Manhattan neighborhood.
The twenties were a very creative decade in O’Keeffe's career as she created images of the city from a perspective that was entirely fresh and new at the time.
What city has the best skyline? Let us know in the comments! 💙
Georgia O'Keeffe. River, New York, 1928. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1986 (1987.377.3) @metmuseum
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“I had brought the skull home and was working in the house at Lake George. It was laying on the kitchen table; I’d been looking over a collection of calico flowers like the Mexican women use for their hats, weddings, churches, or funerals. Someone knocked at the door. Without thinking, I stuck the pink rose in the horse’s eye because it was convenient, and went to the door. When I returned, there was the pink rose in the horse’s eye – so amusing it seemed it had to be painted.” - Georgia O'Keeffe
What unexpected moments have inspired you? Let us know in the comments! 💙
This beauty is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. @lacma
Georgia O'Keeffe. Horse's Skull with Pink Rose, 1931. Oil on canvas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (AC1994.159.1)
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“In the evening, with the sun at your back, that high, sage-covered plain looks like an ocean. The color up there—the blue-green of the sage, and the mountains, and the wild flowers—is a different kind of color from anything I’d ever seen." - Georgia O'Keeffe
In the comments tell us about a landscape that took your breath away? 💙
Ghost Ranch at Dusk
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Looking for some family fun this weekend? Get out the cameras and try this creative activity from the O'Keeffe Museum! Be sure to share your photographs as #okeeffeinspired!
Featured image: Todd Webb. Georgia O’Keeffe Photographing the Chama Valley, New Mexico, 1961.
Hundreds of photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe were taken throughout her life, and each one reveals something of her character. Her husband, Alfred
"Painting in my spare time - it's big and it looks like hell let loose with a fried egg in the middle of it - and I'm crazy about it anyway... I feel as though I've burst and done something I hadn't done before." - Georgia O'Keeffe
Many of O'Keeffe's paintings from West Texas have a prominence of red in them. She wrote often about her "red paintings" and "red pictures," including her watercolors and oils inspired by the Palo Duro Canyon as well as her 'Evening Star' series.
In the latter series, the reds of a brilliant sunset contrast with the bright green and yellow glow of Venus, the "evening star," which showed itself on the flat land before the sun had fully set. It was the same lemon yellow that she used in [other paintings from her time in Texas]. (Georgia O'Keeffe: At Home in the Wonderful Nothing, by Amy Von Lintel)
This stunning work is in the collection of the McNay Art Museum, @mcnayart
O'Keeffe described this painting like a fried egg - so we want to know, how do you like your eggs cooked? Let us know in the comments! 💙
Georgia O'Keeffe. Evening Star No. V, 1917. Watercolor on moderately thick, cream, smooth wove paper with a slightly fuzzy feel*. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Bequest of Helen Miller Jones (1989.36)
O’Keeffe actively sought out dramatic, even surreal-looking objects and landscapes while living part-time in the New Mexico desert, a residency she began in 1929. By juxtaposing them in unexpected ways, she created compositions that are utterly realistic and at the same time surreal, uncanny or abstract.
O’Keeffe made this painting near her Ghost Ranch, New Mexico home, including in it a faithful rendering of the distinctive flat-topped mountain, called Pedernal, that she saw every day from her patio.
O’Keeffe often represented Pedernal as a distant presence in the extreme lower register of her paintings, creating a compositional tension between the far-off mountain and nearby elements in the central portion of the canvas. She followed this formula in “Deer’s Skull with Pedernal,” depicting a skull with elegantly curving antlers in the main body of the work. This object appears in many of O’Keeffe’s paintings, and is closely based on a specific example found among the artist’s belongings when she died in 1986. O’Keeffe often collected animal bones during her frequent long walks in the New Mexico desert, and included them in many of her paintings of the landscape.
Though “Deer’s Skull with Pedernal” appears at first to be entirely representational, a faithful depiction of recognizable elements depicted in a realistic way, the underlying surrealism of the painting emerges upon closer examination.
What element of this painting did you miss when you first looked at it? Let us know in the comments! 💙
This show-stopping work is in the collection of our friends at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston!
Georgia O'Keeffe. Deer's Skull with Pedernal, 1936. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation (1990.432)
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The grey and white palette in this painting has little association with the observable world. Yet, it is among a collection of similar works that has been seen as inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's experience of of New York City between 1925 and 1929.
O’Keeffe’s move with her husband, the photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz, to the thirty-three story Shelton Hotel, precipitated her first such paintings.
Highly abstract, predominantly white, narrow vertical compositions the imagery can be traced in part to O’Keeffe’s interest in Manhattan’s modern architecture. This work consists of a simple juxtaposition of not quite vertical lines aside curves that draw the eye around the composition. The painting is, on the surface, a pure abstraction, however, within the context of New York, the architectonic elements and hints of natural, curving, organic forms are revealed. The mottled, gently undulating, white paint surface with evanescent violet hues and the shading of the closeness of lines suggest New York’s crowded spaces. The gray-white palette evokes a cloudy sky.
What element of New York do you see in this painting? Let us know in the comments!
Georgia O'Keeffe. Grey and White, 1925. Oil on canvas. Private collection
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By the 1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe was already becoming the iconic celebrity we are so familiar with. Her fame flowered because of her independence, because of the way she engineered her life, and because she was a role model for the counterculture lifestyle of the time.
The Museum’s collection of over 2,000 of portraits of O’Keeffe chronicle not only the rise of an icon, but the rise of the American Modernist movement. Our photographs form a valuable record of the many ways in which O’Keeffe presented herself to the camera in formal portraits and provides invaluable insight into her life in art, the evolution of her larger than life persona, and her creative development throughout the 20th century.
Many of the portraits were taken by O'Keeffe's husband, Alfred Stieglitz beginning in 1917. Over the next twenty years, he made over 300 portraits of her.
What is O'Keeffe thinking in this photo? Let us know in the comments! 💙
Alfred Stieglitz. Georgia O'Keeffe, Circa 1930. Gelatin silver print, 3 15/16 x 3 1/16 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Museum Purchase. [2014.3.76]⠀
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The Abiquiú area has been inhabited for over 5,000 years by various groups of indigenous peoples as evidenced by archeological and oral history data. Abiquiú is a Tewa name with various meanings. The indigenous people of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo call it P’efubu’u which means the end of a log or stick, a projection of mesa land, or end of timber town. In 1945, Georgia O'Keeffe purchased the 4.75-acre Home & Studio property in Abiquiú from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. At the time, the site was a ruin. A three-year process transformed the abandoned site into the iconic modernist adobe compound we see today. O'Keeffe lived in the home until the end of her life. O'Keeffe hired her friend Maria Chabot, a Texas native and student of regional architecture with experience managing large properties, to oversee the reconstruction of the house. They relied on a local crew to rebuild the structure using traditional techniques and knowledge of vernacular materials such as adobe brick construction, viga and latila roofing, and other design elements that have generally come to be known as the Pueblo Revival style. The O'Keeffe Museum is committed to the ongoing preservation needs of this historic property and works with conservation experts and members of the local community to research and maintain the artist's home. What does home mean to you? Let us know in the comments! #GeorgiaOKeeffe #HistoricPlaces
“Water is a living thing, hence its form is deep and quiet, or soft and smooth, or broad and ocean-like, or thick like flesh.” - Georgia O'Keeffe ◦ On Monday mornings between 8:00 and 11:00 AM, you can watch as O'Keeffe's Home and Studio garden in Abiquiú is flood irrigated by the historic acequia. ◦ Acequia systems consist of gravity-fed earthen canals that divert stream flow for distribution to fields and gardens. They are a community resource that local irrigators have a shared right to use, and a responsibility to manage, and protect. ◦ Acequia agroecosystems promote soil conservation and soil formation, provide terrestrial wildlife habitat and movement corridors; protect water quality and fish habitat, promote the conservation of domesticated biodiversity of land race heirloom crops, and encourage the maintenance of a strong land and water ethic and sense of place, among other ecological and economic values. ◦ The acequia that provides water to the Abiquiú Home & Studio is sourced from the Upper Rio Grande watershed. It is one of the Museum's most precious resources, as it allows for O'Keeffe's unique and productive garden to flourish, while serving as a teaching tool for youth in our community. It also serves as a source of beauty for all those who have a chance to experience it in person. ◦ You can watch the garden any time by visiting gokm.org/abiquiu-camera. ◦ ◦ What does water mean to you? Let us know in the comments! 💙 ◦ ◦ #GeorgiaOKeeffe #HistoricGardens #Acequia ◦ Video Footage: #toddballantycreative
Virtual Studio Showcase & Pop-up Shop Featuring Whiskey & Clay Thursday, May 28, 5:30 PM! (Free) You're invited to virtually visit the studio of Santa Fe based ceramicist Kimmy Rohrs of Whiskey & Clay! Studio Showcase is a free online program presented by the O'Keeffe Museum! invites you to virtually visit the studio of one of the many wonderful artisans featured in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Store. Join us on Zoom to learn about the vendor’s artistic process and the development of their business. We will wrap up with a virtual studio tour and a Q&A. As part of this program, we are launching a monthly virtual pop-up store highlighting the Studio Showcase vendor’s incredible work. To help support our local creative community during this difficult time, the vendor will receive 60% of the sales. First up is Kimmy Rohrs of Whiskey & Clay based in Santa Fe. Kimmy creates ceramics for everyday use. Inspired by the far west Texas sky and earth, she blends porcelain with stoneware to give each piece a timeless desert feel. Pieces are high fired in a heavy-reduction gas kiln, the outcome creates dark rust tones and brightly developed glazes that give each its own identity Click to register! https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/event/studio-showcase-whiskey-clay/
Hear Ariel Plotek, the O'Keeffe Museum's Curator of Fine Art discuss Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 charcoal drawing of the East River in New York.
National Library Week is April 19 - 25, 2020! To kick things off, check out this short clip from inside of Georgia O’Keeffe’s book room at the artist’s Home and Studio in Abiquiú. Due to the fragility of the space, this room is one rarely seen by the public. Our team at the Museum is working hard to document and catalog O’Keeffe’s immense collection of books and share their findings with the world. From cookbooks, to magazines, to unique out-of-print publications, the Abiquiú book room gives us incredible insight into O’Keeffe’s interests and curiosities. National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support. From free access to books and online resources for families to library business centers that help support entrepreneurship and retraining, libraries offer opportunity to all. To celebrate, we will be sharing all the wonderful things our team at the O’Keeffe Museum’s is doing to support and advance our understanding of Georgia O’Keeffe, as well as uplifting the work of our local libraries in New Mexico and other great institutions across the country. Take a close look at the video - What book jumps out to you? Let us know in the comments!💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #NationalLibraryWeek
Spring in Northern New Mexico is a season of contradictions. One moment the sun in shining and white fluffy clouds pop against impossibly blue skies, the next moment it’s frigidly cold, and the landscape is covered in a thick layer of snow. The wind can be especially fierce in springtime, sending enormous tumbleweeds flying across the land. Though when the trees come to life, they carpet the high desert in vibrant, technicolor green. The view from the O’Keeffe’s Home and Studio in Abiquiú provided the artist with endless sources of inspiration. O’Keeffe was intimately familiar with the ebb and flow of seasons in this part of the world, and her depictions of the New Mexico landscape at different times of year powerfully evoke a sense of place. In this video, you can get a sense of what she experienced in the springtime. Located about 50 miles northwest of Santa Fe, O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú home exemplifies the artist’s singular aesthetic and was the location where she created some of her most significant works, such as the ‘In The Patio,’ and ‘Cottonwood’ series of paintings. O’Keeffe’s Home and Studio is National Historic Landmark and a living example of the beauty of this country. What’s your favorite season? Let us know in the comments! #GeorgiaOKeeffe Video: #toddballantycreative
In the verdant walled yard behind Georgia O’Keeffe’s house in Abiquiú, lies the artist’s spectacular garden. A raised walkway cuts through the center of the vegetable garden, bisecting the long, rectangular plot. Tall sunflowers dot the garden between patches of herbs, leafy greens, peppers, an assortment of other edible plants. It is fed water by an elegant stone irrigation canal channels, a communal resource known as an acequia. In 1945, O’Keeffe purchased a run-down adobe house in Abiquiu and took the next four years to renovate the building. In her original renovation plans, O’Keeffe included detailed drawings for the vegetable garden. Her meticulous notes recorded the plant varieties she grew after moving in, and her bookshelves bore tomes on organic gardening and composting. The garden at her Abiquiú home remains much as it was during her lifetime. You can view the Museum’s live feed, captured by a video camera installed on the roof of Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in Abiquiú. The camera runs year round, documenting daily and seasonal changes in the garden. What are you growing in your garden or in your home? Let us know in the comments! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe Images: @krysta_jab and O'Keeffe Museum
“When you start making a home, it is difficult to stop changing it, imagining it different.” - Georgia O’Keeffe Though modest in appearance, it exudes a certain harmony, as if every element were in its proper place, reflecting O'Keeffe's attention to detail. Interior furnishings do not follow a particular style. Simple furnishings represents years of collecting, including an Eames chair in her living room which was a birthday gift from the designers, as well as an Eero Saarinen coffee table and a Noguchi lampshade she hung over one of the bare light bulbs, O'Keeffe never kept anything she couldn't live with. As O’Keeffe wrote: “My house in Abiquiu is pretty empty; only what I need is in it.” The uncluttered spaces, and simple adornments and furniture O'Keeffe favored demonstrate how her life in New Mexico was itself a component of the minimalistic aesthetic that is one of the distinguishing features of her art. In the comments, tell about a favorite piece of furniture, art, or design element in your own home! How does your home reflect your personality? 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe Photos: @krystajab_ © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Documenting Georgia O'Keeffe's Collection of Animal Bones University of New Mexico Zooarcheology Research Student, Victoria Monagle discusses her project at the O'Keeffe Museum documenting and identifying O'Keeffe's collection of animal bones.
A new edition of Faces of O'Keeffe Inspired! We absolutely love it when you share your #OKeeffeInspired moments! Whether you're visiting our galleries in Santa Fe, exploring beautiful New Mexico, or out and about in your own part of the world, seeing your lovely faces and your incredible creativity fills us with so much joy! At the O'Keeffe Museum, we are called on to research, share, and advance Georgia O'Keeffe's iconic legacy, but we couldn't do it without your truly wonderful contributions. Thank you for all you do to help keep O'Keeffe's vision alive! We love you! 💙📸 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #FacesofOKeeffeInspired
O’Keeffe’s drawing practice was the lens for each new experience and her sketches form a journal of her explorations. The artist was steadfast in her commitment to the discipline of drawing, which she adopted early in her career. To understand the richness of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artistic practice, one must understand her disciplined drawing practice and her innovative sense for composition through paintings and drawings that span her career. One can see how O'Keeffe became a master by exploring the artist's preliminary sketches and drawings, and how they translate to the fluid, seemingly effortless outlines that define regions of her compositions. Talent like O'Keeffe's isn't born. It is made, cultivated, and practiced over decades, and through uncompromised commitment to craft. What skill do you practice over and over again? Let us know in the comments! 💙
It's our 2019 Wrap Up! Check out some of the amazing things we got up to this year. There is never a dull day at the O'Keeffe Museum. We have the best team anyone could ask for. Their dedication to preserving and presenting the life, art, and legacy of one of the world's most iconic artists is second to none! We are also incredibly grateful for all of you! Thank you for sharing this transformative year with us. We can't wait for all the new and exciting things to come in 2020. Comment on the most memorable O'Keeffe Inspired experience you had this year! 💙 Happy New Year! #GeorgiaOKeeffe #NewYearFeelings
Though modest in appearance, O’Keeffe’s homes exude a certain harmony, as if every element were in its proper place, reflecting O'Keeffe's attention to detail. Displayed on the mantel and windowsills, as well as on the naturally grained cedar ledge encircling the room, are gnarled branches and animal bones, reminiscent of the objects that she scavenged from the desert. Her daily routine here was marked by her reverence for simple rituals and an inner clarity that allowed her to be fully present in each moment. She would rise early and take a long walk before breakfast, accompanied by her dogs. After breakfast, she would venture back into the desert for a day of painting, often using her Model A Ford as a portable studio. Upon returning home, she would take an evening walk before dinner. The lasting impression of O'Keeffe's legendary life and art, and the Abiquiú and Ghost Ranch homes that stood at its center, is that of a woman completely at ease with the natural world and with herself. What is your favorite aspect of O'Keeffe's lifestyle? Let us know in the comments! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #modestlifestyle #OKeeffeLifestyle Images: @krystajab_ Text: @archdigest
Santa Fe and Abiquiú are located in the high desert. While hot summers, blazing sun, and blue skies are common, this part of northern New Mexico truly experiences all four seasons - sometimes all at the same time! Georgia O'Keeffe's home at Ghost Ranch is surrounded by stunning landscape that is constantly changing. It is easy to see why this place served as an ongoing inspiration for the artist. This time lapse shows a snow storm as it comes and goes over the Pedernal mountain and O'Keeffe's front porch. What is your favorite season in New Mexico? 💙🌨 #GhostRanch #okeeffe #GeorgiaOKeeffe #okeeffeinspired #snowstorm #blueskies #NewMexico #northernnm #Abiquiu #pedernal #flattopmountain #seeformiles #landscapeinspiration #snowyseason #seasonchange #tranquility #watchthesky
As with her art, her aesthetic, and her public image, Georgia O'Keeffe lived every aspect of her life with great intention. This extended into her kitchen. Cooking, nutrition, and health were all of great interest and importance to O'Keeffe. From organic gardening, canning and pickling, grinding wheat, and making yogurt—she did it all. O'Keeffe liked her food cooked simply and loved the flavors of fresh herbs and produce. She was especially fond of summer salads. She enjoyed vegetables steamed until cooked, but still crisp, and served with just a splash of butter or oil, salt, and pepper. She wanted their distinct flavors to shine through. With Thanksgiving just a few days away, enjoy these stunning images of O’Keeffe's kitchen! What is your favorite Thanksgiving or harvest season dish? Let us know in the comments! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe
Happy 132nd Birthday Georgia O'Keeffe! Born on this day in 1887, Georgia O'Keeffe remains one of the most iconic American artists of all time. Today is a day of celebration and also a day for thanks. It is only because of our amazing friends all around the world that O'Keeffe's art, life, and legacy continues to inspire. The artist lives though you! To show our appreciation, we invite you to join us this afternoon for a slice of cake in the O'Keeffe Museum Galleries in downtown Santa Fe, 217 Johnson Street. You can also check out our new interactive and hands on exhibits! Today is the perfect day to get inspired! 💙🍰 #GeorgiaOKeeffe
Opening to the public tomorrow, November 8! Be the first to see the Museum’s new immersive exhibits and experience fresh explorations into Georgia O'Keeffe's life, art, and creative legacy. The new installations, Travels, The Natural World, and Seeing Beyond will be on view November 2019 through October 2020! Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we share more about these unique and exciting exhibits! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe
“Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self." - Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe passed away more than 33 years ago, yet her legacy is as alive as ever - thanks to you! We at the O'Keeffe Museum love, more than anything, the creative work you do to ensure the artist, the icon, the singular Georgia O'Keeffe continues to live on. These unique and stunning photos, provided by so many different people, from so many different places and backgrounds prove that there is nothing more uniting than art. Each image tells a story about an individual, their journey, and their creative vision. We have so much appreciation for all those who help us keep the artist alive for current and future generations! Much love to you all! 💙💙💙 Keep sharing your O'Keeffe Inspired photos and make sure to tag us! @okeeffemuseum #GeorgiaOKeeffe
O’Keeffe’s homes at Ghost Ranch and in Abiquiu are a designer’s dream! The artist's modern aesthetic extended far beyond just her artwork. O'Keeffe was a Modern woman, living in a new Modern era, and her timeless sense of style never ceases to inspire! #GeorgiaOKeeffe
Documenting O'Keeffe's Bones! Meet Victoria Monagle! She is a zooarchaeologist, and 4th year PhD student at the University of New Mexico. This fall she will be photographing and identifying the bones collected (and sometimes painted) by Georgia O’Keeffe. Her findings will be summarized for the O’Keeffe Museum and shared with the public. Stay tuned to learn more about her discoveries! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #OKeeffeInspired #Zooarcheology The University of New Mexico - UNM
"I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could." - Georgia O'Keeffe #quotes
Contemporary Voices: Ken Price Closing October 31, 2019! As part of its Contemporary Voices series, the O’Keeffe Museum presents work by Ken Price (1935-2012). One of the foremost American sculptors of his day, Price was also an accomplished graphic artist. Ten ceramic sculptures by Price, a longtime resident of Taos, New Mexico, will be displayed on pedestals throughout the Museum’s galleries. The organic, sensual forms, and chromatic complexity of Price’s sculptures will be paired and juxtaposed with O’Keeffe’s still life and landscape subjects, inviting visitors to view both artists in a new light. Watercolors by Georgia O’Keeffe will be presented alongside kindred works on paper, an homage to the high desert, by Ken Price. #GeorgiaOKeeffe All works © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum or © Ken Price except for the following: Georgia O'Keeffe. Pelvis IV, 1944. Oil on Masonite, 36 1/16 x 40 3/8 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Burnett Foundation. © Private Collection. [1997.6.1]
"The days you work are the best days." - Georgia O'Keeffe #GeorgiaOKeeffe #okeeffe
"The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big fat beyond my understanding — to understand maybe by trying to put it into form. To find the feeling of infinity on the horizon line or just over the next hill." - Georgia O'Keeffe 💙💙💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe
"I want real things - live people to take hold of - to see - to talk to - Music that pokes holes in the sky." - Georgia O'Keeffe 💙 Share one song that never fails to inspire you! 🎵 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #quotes
"I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free" - Georgia O'Keeffe As an artist or creative person, what makes you feel free? Let us know in the comments! 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #Quotes #okeeffeinspired #wisewords #freedom #creativefreedom #inspiration #WomeninArt #okeeffe
"I know I can not paint a flower. I can not paint the sun on the desert or on a bright summer morning but maybe in terms of paint color I can convey to you my experience of the flower..." - Georgia O'Keeffe The desert is so full of color, it's no wonder Georgia O'Keeffe and great artists past and present are so inspired by this place. 💙 #GeorgiaOKeeffe #Quotes
Contemporary Voices: Ken Price! On view at the O'Keeffe Museum through October 23, 2019. ⠀ ⠀ One of the foremost American sculptors of his day, Price was also an accomplished graphic artist. Ten ceramic sculptures by Price, a longtime resident of Taos, New Mexico, will be displayed on pedestals throughout the Museum’s galleries. The organic, sensual forms, and chromatic complexity of Price’s sculptures will be paired and juxtaposed with O’Keeffe’s still life and landscape subjects, inviting visitors to view both artists in a new light. ⠀ ⠀ #ContemporaryArt #KenPrice
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and EnChroma® are partners on an innovative collaboration to expand the gallery experience for visitors with color vision deficiencies, more commonly known as “color blindness.” Utilizing a unique spectral lens technology invented by the Berkeley-based company, EnChroma color blind glasses are designed to help the estimated 300 million people in the world with red-green color blindness see colors more vibrantly and clearly. Beginning May 3, visitors with color vision deficiencies can borrow EnChroma glasses from the Museum’s visitor services team to see Georgia O’Keeffe’s creations in the vibrant colors and hues for which her work is famous.
"Sometimes I think I'd like to live out here in a tent." - Georgia O'Keeffe⠀ ⠀ It’s #cody_week! Like Georgia O’Keeffe, our new director Cody is an avid outdoorsman. He’s known to take his F150 off into the wilderness to get off the grid. On snowy days, you can probably find him skiing on at Kachina Peak, in Taos. The rest of the year, you can find him daydreaming about said ski slopes. ⠀ ⠀ Six more months to go, Cody!⠀ ⠀ #winterisnotcoming #skitaos #howdycody #okeeffeinspired #Taos
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened to the public in July 1997, eleven years after the death of our namesake artist. A visit to the O’Keeffe Museum offers insight not only into the artist’s paintings, but also her creative process and the light and landscape that inspired her. In addition to the main Museum campus in Santa Fe, the O’Keeffe Museum maintains O’Keeffe’s two homes and studios in northern New Mexico, a research center and library, and a variety of collections relating to O’Keeffe and modern art.
One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was devoted to creating imagery that expressed what she called “the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.” O’Keeffe’s images—instantly recognizable as her own —include abstractions, large-scale depictions of flowers, leaves, rocks, shells, bones and other natural forms, New York cityscapes and paintings of the unusual shapes and colors of architectural and landscape forms of northern New Mexico.
The Museum’s collections of over 3,000 works comprises 140 O’Keeffe oil paintings, nearly 700 drawings, and hundreds of additional works dating from 1901 to 1984, the year failing eyesight forced O’Keeffe into retirement. Throughout the year, visitors can see a changing selection of these works. In addition, the Museum presents exhibitions that are either devoted entirely to O’Keeffe’s work or combine examples of her art with works by her American modernist contemporaries.
In 2006, the Museum took responsibility for the care and preservation of O’Keeffe’s home and studio along the Chama River in Abiquiu, New Mexico, about an hour north of Santa Fe. A national historic landmark and one of the most important artistic sites in the United States, the home where the artist lived and worked is open for tours by appointment. O’Keeffe’s first home in New Mexico, about 30 minutes northwest of Abiquiu at the Ghost Ranch is also cared for by the Museum though it is not currently open to the public.
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center opened in July 2001 to house offices for staff and fellows, and The Michael S. Engl Family Foundation Research Center Library. The Research Center serves as the intellectual hub of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum by promoting and sponsoring research and conversation about Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, the Stieglitz Circle, and their contemporaries. It also promotes research into issues of Modernist art, architecture, design photography, literature, and music from the 1890s to the present. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s unique library and archive collections in the Research Center Library are open to the public by appointment.
Educational programs at the Museum serve more than 7,100 students and adults per year with a robust slate of workshops, lectures, conversations, and classroom activities.
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