K nown for her large-scale paintings of flowers and the New Mexican landscape, Georgia O’Keeffe was a groundbreaking artist of the 20th century who heavily influenced American Modernism. She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York before teaching art in West Texas for two years, and in 1929, she made her first trip to New Mexico. Inspired by the desert landscape and Native American and Hispanic cultures, O’Keeffe spent the next 20 years summering and painting in the Land of Enchantment, making it her permanent home in 1949 after the death of her husband, renowned photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz.

And while she spent most of her time in New Mexico, Texas left an impression on O’Keeffe, who agreed to showcase her works at the Amon Carter

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