GEORGIA O'KEEFE, a Renowed Artist

Last December, La Presse  published a chronicle on New Mexico in its Holidays / Vacation section; the journalist Andrée Lebel was reporting on a journey to the places where the artist Georgia O'Keeffe painted while living in New Mexico. She was describing the artist houses, the interiors, her studio, the paths leading to the house, the beautiful landscapes.

I took a real pleasure to read more about this American artist (1887-1986), born in Wisconsin who ended her days in New Mexico after having stayed in several U.S. states during her studies and teaching.

I knew her for the tremendous flowers she painted in a revolutionary style for its time, a mix of abstract and representative art, a technique that has moreover always distanced her from her contemporaries. I didn’t know about her prolific production of landscapes. I also discovered that Georgia O'Keeffe sculpted.

I was curious and I wanted to learn more about this great contemporary artist, so I visited her website at http://www.okeeffemuseum.org. Do the same, enjoy the tour, look at the different sections of the permanent collection, read her biography, browse through the site.

February 26, 2011