A member of the Northfield, New Jersey community, Pamela Targan is retired from a career as an art educator. An avid painter and sculptor, Pamela Targan maintains an art collection and has a strong interest in America's artists.
One of the key artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe was born in 1887 and had a career that lasted until the 1980s. Trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, she was an art teacher during the 1910s, and in 1915, created abstract charcoal drawings that gave a taste of her accomplishments to come.
These striking assemblages of tone, shape, and line brought her to the attention of Alfred Stieglitz, an established New York photographer and gallery owner. Her drawings were exhibited at the 291 gallery, which was at the forefront of the avant-garde of the time. This led to O’Keeffe ending her teaching endeavors in 1918 and moving to New York as a full-time artist. Her close connection with Stieglitz was cemented in 1924 when they married, and over the next two decades, her husband took many e celebrated black and white portraits of her.
The 1920s saw O’Keeffe focus on botanical studies and landscapes, many inspired by visits to the Stieglitz family residence in Lake George. A breakthrough came in 1924 when she enlarged minute petals of a flower across an outsized 30 x 40-inch canvas to where the image appeared abstract. At the same time, she brought an angular, monumental sweep to depictions of Manhattan’s architectural landmarks.
A major turning point in O’Keeffe’s career came in 1929 when, facing a deteriorating marital situation, she took an initial extended tour of New Mexico. The solitude of the experience and the spare grandeur of the landscape had an immediate impact on O’Keeffe’s work, and she ultimately moved to the Taos in 1949.
One of the key artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe was born in 1887 and had a career that lasted until the 1980s. Trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, she was an art teacher during the 1910s, and in 1915, created abstract charcoal drawings that gave a taste of her accomplishments to come.
These striking assemblages of tone, shape, and line brought her to the attention of Alfred Stieglitz, an established New York photographer and gallery owner. Her drawings were exhibited at the 291 gallery, which was at the forefront of the avant-garde of the time. This led to O’Keeffe ending her teaching endeavors in 1918 and moving to New York as a full-time artist. Her close connection with Stieglitz was cemented in 1924 when they married, and over the next two decades, her husband took many e celebrated black and white portraits of her.
The 1920s saw O’Keeffe focus on botanical studies and landscapes, many inspired by visits to the Stieglitz family residence in Lake George. A breakthrough came in 1924 when she enlarged minute petals of a flower across an outsized 30 x 40-inch canvas to where the image appeared abstract. At the same time, she brought an angular, monumental sweep to depictions of Manhattan’s architectural landmarks.
A major turning point in O’Keeffe’s career came in 1929 when, facing a deteriorating marital situation, she took an initial extended tour of New Mexico. The solitude of the experience and the spare grandeur of the landscape had an immediate impact on O’Keeffe’s work, and she ultimately moved to the Taos in 1949.
