Georgia O'Keeffe painted her famous skyscraper views in Manhattan.
O'Keeffe lived in New York City for many years and worked from rooms high above the city. Manhattan's skyscrapers, rooftops, and vertical geometry became important subjects, especially during the 1920s, when she made paintings such as Radiator Building—Night, New York.
Her urban paintings translated modern architecture into bold shapes, intense colors, and simplified patterns. Rather than treating the city as a conventional street scene, she often emphasized height, glowing windows, and the dramatic relationship between buildings and night skies.
The setting is sometimes loosely described as New York, but Manhattan is the specific borough associated with these skyscraper views. O'Keeffe later became best known for New Mexico landscapes, yet the city remained a major part of her early mature work.