This is one of O’Keeffe’s earliest paintings of the New Mexico landscape after she first visited the area in the summer of 1929. It’s a beautiful example of her early style of painting, with a focus on colour and contour, simplifying and refining the dessert terrain that truly inspired her.
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Artist
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Artwork
Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II
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Date of work
1930
Georgia O’Keeffe is best known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls and New Mexico desert landscapes. O’Keeffe made her debut in 1916 and was immediately recognised as a trailblazing artist, while today her legacy as an American art icon and a pioneer of twentieth-century art is widely recognised.
”Men put me down as the best woman painter I think I’m one of the best painters.” Georgia O’Keeffe.