Georgia O'Keeffe died at age 98 in Santa Fe in 1986.
She died on March 6, 1986, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Because she was born on November 15, 1887, she had not yet reached her ninety-ninth birthday. Her long life covered the rise of American modernism and nearly the entire twentieth century.
O'Keeffe's final decades were closely connected with New Mexico, where she had lived and worked for many years. She continued making art late in life, with studio assistance when her eyesight and physical abilities declined.
Her death did not end interest in her work. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum opened in Santa Fe in 1997, helping preserve and interpret her paintings, drawings, photographs, and personal history.