Green Mountains, Canada

Georgia O'KeeffeWW-1932-029407

1932·Oil on canvas·30.5 × 91 cm (12 × 36 in.)

<p>In this panoramic landscape, Georgia O’Keeffe captured the massive Gaspé Peninsula mountains in Quebec, Canada, as they rise sharply from the water’s edge. O’Keeffe traveled to the region in the summer of 1932, accompanied by fellow artist (and husband Alfred Stieglitz’s niece) Georgia Engelhard. The old barns and crosses built by the Peninsula’s French settlers fascinated O’Keeffe, as did the lush green terrain. She painted the mountains and sun-streaked sky with texture and depth, while the water in the foreground moves in flat, zig-zag swaths that accentuate color over representational depth. Although she enjoyed her trip to Canada, and returned again that year, ultimately O’Keeffe preferred the New Mexican landscape, specifically its brilliant sunshine.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1932
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30.5 × 91 cm (12 × 36 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe

Artist

Georgia O'Keeffe

Painting

One of the most successful artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe enjoyed a long and varied artistic career in which she introduced many new aesthetic perspectives and approaches in Modernism. Born in Wisconsin in 1887, she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago beginning in 1905 before taking teaching position in South Carolina, Virginia and Texas. She moved to New York City in 1918 at the age of 31 where she became part of the artistic milieu of her future husband photographer Alfred Stieglitz. In these years, she became fascinated with the fast pace of city life and produced paintings highlighting the city’s soaring skyscrapers as symbols of the modern world.

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