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Archive: Feb 2012

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jack-in-Pulpit—No. 2”: On view now at NMWA!
Posted: February 16, 2012
Category: Archive: Feb 2012
O’Keeffe’s “Jack-in-Pulpit” paintings were inspired by the flowers she saw around her summer home on Lake George in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
A black-and-white photograph of Georgia O’Keeffe, seen from the shoulders up, her elbow propped on a car window and her chin leaning against her hand. She is a light-skinned, adult, older woman with dark hair pulled back in a neat bun.

Surrealist Artist Dorothea Tanning Dies at 101
Posted: February 2, 2012
Category: Archive: Feb 2012
Dorothea Tanning was an American woman artist unto herself. Overflowing with spirited opinions and ambition, she displayed an eccentric artistic soul that endured for over six decades and earned her...
A portrait of a woman with a light skin tone is hanging on the wall to the right, and two small Surrealist works are hanging to the left.