Georgia O’Keeffe in Quebec
American painter Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, is known for her boldly innovative art, some of which was inspired in Canada during a break from her husband.
Seeking to escape the pressures of her life with photographer and art promoter Alfred Stieglitz, O’Keeffe drove to the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec in the summer of 1932 for a few weeks respite. There she painted a series of seven barns whose austere design and blackened doors and windows prefigure her later series of New Mexico patio doors – The Met
Much more detail about her sojourn in Canada is in this CBC piece, written at the time of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s retrospective on O’Keeffe in 2017, here.
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5 Comments
Kelly MacKay
Love it.
icelandpenny
I never knew she had even visited Canada, let alone created any paintings of what she saw and felt while here. Thank you so much for this discovery.
J Walters
Yes I loved finding this out too. I had no idea our barns figured in her New Mexico interpretations!
rubiescorner
These paintings must have taken hours to complete. I especially love the Tin menagerie.
J Walters
It’s truly amazing what artists think of, let alone create. I’m with you there, for certain!