An exhibition of two best known American artists presented at the Georgia O' Keeffe Museum in Santa
Modernist painter Georgia O' Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887.
In 1920 she began visiting North New Mexico where she finally located permanently in 1949 at Ghost
Ranch (north of Abiquiu). It is a mountainous area (known now as Georgia O' Keeffe County) that have
many Indian Pueblos which charmed her and marked her way of painting, and mostly her themes
(landscapes, rocks, animal skeletons).
In 1984 she moved in Santa Fe where died two years later.
It was her wish to incinerate, and disperse her ashes from the top of Pedernal Mountain over the land she
loved.
Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California in 1902.
He was Photographer and Environmentalist well known for his enchanting black and white photography.
His influence and his inspiration was the nature. He preferred the big format cameras for their high quality
result. His photography is unique and recognizable, however those photographs taken in American West and
mostly in the Yosemity National Park are the most famous.
Ansel Adams died in Monterey, California in 1984.
Georgia O' Keeffe and Ansel Adams first time met in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico in 1929, and their
friendship was lifelong.
There were sometimes that they "worked" together painting, and taking pictures of the nature which
inspired both of them and which defined their lives.
The exhibition's visitors had the opportunity to ascertain exactly this artistic affinity. Something that perhaps
happens often in the world of the art, but rarely somebody has the opportunity to see it that way.
Fe from May 23 until September 7, 2008 and at the SEMOMA Museum in San Francisco from May 30
until September 7, 2009.
until September 7, 2009.
Modernist painter Georgia O' Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887.
In 1920 she began visiting North New Mexico where she finally located permanently in 1949 at Ghost
Ranch (north of Abiquiu). It is a mountainous area (known now as Georgia O' Keeffe County) that have
many Indian Pueblos which charmed her and marked her way of painting, and mostly her themes
(landscapes, rocks, animal skeletons).
In 1984 she moved in Santa Fe where died two years later.
It was her wish to incinerate, and disperse her ashes from the top of Pedernal Mountain over the land she
loved.
Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California in 1902.
He was Photographer and Environmentalist well known for his enchanting black and white photography.
His influence and his inspiration was the nature. He preferred the big format cameras for their high quality
result. His photography is unique and recognizable, however those photographs taken in American West and
mostly in the Yosemity National Park are the most famous.
Ansel Adams died in Monterey, California in 1984.
Georgia O' Keeffe and Ansel Adams first time met in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico in 1929, and their
friendship was lifelong.
There were sometimes that they "worked" together painting, and taking pictures of the nature which
inspired both of them and which defined their lives.
The exhibition's visitors had the opportunity to ascertain exactly this artistic affinity. Something that perhaps
happens often in the world of the art, but rarely somebody has the opportunity to see it that way.
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