Currently on view at the de Young, San Francisco is “Georgia O’Keeffe: Modern Nature and Lake George” an exhibition featuring works from magnified botanical compositions to panoramic landscapes. The works in this exhibition offer a deeper understanding of the spirit of place that was essential to O’Keeffe’s artistic evolution. From 1918 until the early 1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe retreated annually to Alfred Stieglitz’s family estate on Lake George in upstate New York, where she reveled in the discovery of new subject matter and found respite in the rural setting without the distractions of city life. O’Keeffe’s experiences there inspired one of the most transformative and productive periods of her career, energizing the development of her signature modernist style.

Georgia O’Keeffe, American (1887-1986), Lake George Barns, 1926. Oil on canvas. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, 1954. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Georgia O’Keeffe, Starlight Night, Lake George, 1922. Oil on canvas. Private Collection. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

“Georgia O’Keeffe: Modern Nature and Lake George” is on view through May 11, 2014.
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