Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, photos by Paul Slaughter
Santa Fe, NM
505-946-1000
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, which opened July 17, 1997, is dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe and to the study and interpretation of American Modernism. It is the first art museum dedicated to the work of a woman artist of international stature.
Highlights of the collection include: Black Lines, 1916; Blue II, 1916; Sunrise and Little Clouds No. II, 1916; Nude Series XII, 1917; Evening Star No. VI, 1917; Portrait W No. III, 1917; Untitled (Abstraction/Portrait of Paul Strand), 1917; Three Women, 1918; Woman with Blue Shawl, 1918; Series I From the Plains, 1919; Calla Lily Turned Away, 1923; Calla Lily in Tall Glass No. 2, 1923; Storm Cloud, Lake George, 1923; Autumn Trees, The Maple, 1924; Petunia No. 2, 1924; A Street, 1926; Abstraction White, 1927; Abstraction White Rose, 1927; Dark Iris No. III, 1927; Black Hollyhock, Blue Larkspur, 1929; On the Old Road to Santa Fe, 1930/31; Jimson Weed, 1932; Red Hills and White Flower, 1937; Belladonna-Haña, 1939; Black Place III, 1944; Pelvis Series Red and Yellow, 1945; and, My Last Door, 1954.
With more than 140 paintings, watercolors, pastels and sculpture, the Museum's holdings represent the largest repository of work by O'Keeffe available to the public in a single institution. Subjects range from the artist's iconic flowers and bleached desert skulls to nudes, landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes and abstracts, dating between 1916 and 1980.
Education and outreach programs at the Museum include internships, teacher workshops and seminars, summer and after-school arts programs for young people, a lecture series and development of a specialized school curriculum.
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center opened in July 2001. It provides stipends to scholars to pursue projects relevant to the study of American Modernism and to the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe. Areas of study include art and architectural history, literature, music and photography.
The Museum is located at 217 Johnson Street (near the Plaza), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501.
Please see the Museum's website for hours and admission information.
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