
Georgia O'KeeffeVerenigde Staten, 1887–1986Mag men het zien?
Cleveland, Verenigde Staten
Het hoort bij de collectie, maar is momenteel niet tentoongesteld.
Cottonwood trees that spread throughout the New Mexico landscape provided subjects for several of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings, including this example. Although no longer living, the majestic cottonwood seen here is framed against a distant double-peaked land mass in near symmetry. Upon her death at age 98, the artist bequeathed this painting—along with four others—to the Cleveland Museum of Art, an early supporter of her work.
Cleveland Museum of Art
1929–1983 · Werkzaam in
New Mexico
1943
Retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago
The first of her two one-woman retrospectives of the 1940s was held at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1945
Buys an abandoned hacienda in Abiquiú
She bought a second house, an abandoned hacienda in Abiquiú, and renovated it into a home and studio.
1946
First woman artist to have a retrospective at MoMA
Her second retrospective of the 1940s was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York: O’Keeffe was the first woman artist to be given a retrospective there.
13 July 1946
Death of Stieglitz
Shortly after O’Keeffe arrived in New Mexico for the summer, Stieglitz suffered a cerebral thrombosis (stroke); she flew to New York at once. He died on 13 July 1946; she buried his ashes at Lake George and spent the next three years, mostly in New York, settling his estate.