Georgia O'Keeffe was 61 when she moved permanently to New Mexico in 1949.
O'Keeffe had been visiting New Mexico regularly since 1929, and the region had already become a major source of her paintings. After Alfred Stieglitz died in 1946, she increasingly organized her life around the Southwest. In 1949, she moved permanently from New York to New Mexico.
She lived and worked in Abiquiú and spent substantial time near Ghost Ranch. The move did not begin her connection with the region; rather, it made permanent a relationship that had shaped her art for two decades.
Her New Mexico years produced landscapes, architectural details, bones, and abstract forms. Calculating her age from her 1887 birth year and 1949 move gives 61, since her birthday in November had not yet arrived when the move occurred.