Georgia O'Keeffe

This magnificent new book offers a complete survey of Georgia O'Keeffe's illustrious career, showcasing a visual feast of flowers, abstractions, cityscapes, and landscapes from the most iconic painter of American modernism. Ranging from the works produced between 1910 and 1920 that made her a pioneer of abstraction to her celebrated flower paintings and views of New York, which led to her recognition as one of the key figures in modern American art, the book culminates with her paintings of New Mexico.

The selection of color plates is accompanied by quotes from O'Keeffe on her art and additional photographic material pertaining to the paintings. The sense of reverence for the world and its forms emerges vividly through O'Keeffe's words, as she expresses her desire to "understand maybe by trying to put it into form" the "unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big far beyond my understanding" and to find "the feeling of infinity on the horizon line or just over the next hill."

Also featured in the book are a biography and texts by contributing curators from the venues to which the show travels, by scholars at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, and by acclaimed French art writer Catherine Millet.

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) began her art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. In 1918, she moved to New York, and in 1924, she married Alfred Stieglitz. From 1929 onwards, O'Keeffe began spending part of the year in the Southwest, which served as inspiration for her paintings of New Mexico landscapes. After Stieglitz's death, she lived permanently in New Mexico, in Abiquiú, later moving to Santa Fe.

This book's comprehensive exploration of O'Keeffe's artistic journey, from her pioneering abstractions to her renowned depictions of the natural world, offers readers a profound and captivating experience. The vivid color plates, combined with the artist's own insightful reflections and the contributions of esteemed scholars, provide a rich and immersive understanding of one of the most influential figures in American art.

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