Which company sent Georgia O'Keeffe to Hawaii in 1939 to create paintings?

The Hawaiian Pineapple Company sent Georgia O'Keeffe to Hawaii in 1939 to create paintings.

The company, now associated with the Dole brand, invited O'Keeffe to visit Hawaii for about nine weeks. The commission was connected to advertising and publicizing the company's pineapple business. During the trip, she traveled through parts of the islands and painted plants, flowers, coastal scenes, and other subjects.

O'Keeffe did not initially paint the pineapple requested by the company. After returning to New York, she painted a pineapple from a specimen sent to her, producing the work known as Pineapple Bud. The trip therefore resulted in both commissioned imagery and independent observations of Hawaiian nature.

The journey is an important example of O'Keeffe working outside the Southwestern landscapes for which she is best known. Hawaii expanded the range of tropical subjects in her art, while the pineapple commission shows how a prominent modern artist could also work within a commercial assignment.