Georgia O'Keeffe lived in Manhattan while painting New York City skyscrapers.
O'Keeffe moved to New York in 1918 and spent much of the 1920s living in Manhattan with Alfred Stieglitz. The city’s vertical architecture became a major subject in her work, especially during a period when skyscrapers were powerful symbols of modern American life.
Paintings such as Radiator Building—Night, New York and New York Night portray buildings with simplified forms, strong geometry, and dramatic color. O'Keeffe did not merely document architecture; she transformed urban structures into highly organized modernist compositions.
Her New York paintings are sometimes overshadowed by her later association with New Mexico. The two bodies of work are distinct but connected by her interest in enlarged forms, unusual viewpoints, and the visual power of place. Manhattan supplied the dense urban environment for some of her best-known early paintings.