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Abiquiú, best known as the home of artist Georgia O’Keeffe, offers astonishing landscapes and a glimpse into New Mexico’s rich past.

Abiquiú, a small town about 50 miles northwest of Santa Fe, is best known today as the home of the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Once you visit, you’ll understand why she loved and painted the landscape of her adopted home for so many years. The haunting beauty of the tiny adobe village, the majesty of the surrounding mountains, and the astonishing grandeur of the nearby red rock canyons is more than enough to keep any artist enthralled for a lifetime.

Friday, February 22, 2008
by Annie Lux

November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986

Perhaps the most famous, and infamous, woman artist of the 20th century was born in a farmhouse on a large dairy farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Georgia O'Keeffe was the second of seven children in a family which prized education. Throughout her childhood Georgia took private art lessons from teachers in Wisconsin and later in Virginia.

After graduating high school in 1905, O'Keeffe studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Georgia fell ill with Typhoid fever and left the Art Institute after one year. In 1907 she attended the Art Students...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008