Lake George inspired many Georgia O'Keeffe paintings during her summers there.
O'Keeffe spent substantial periods at the Stieglitz family property on Lake George in the Adirondacks. From the 1910s through the 1930s, the area supplied subjects including leaves, flowers, trees, hills, water, and the surrounding countryside.
Her Lake George paintings are important because they show that her work was not limited to either urban abstraction or the New Mexico landscapes for which she later became famous. She transformed ordinary seasonal observations into highly simplified compositions with strong color and shape.
The location can be confused with Lake Champlain or Lake Placid because all are associated with New York's Adirondack region. Lake George, however, is the specific body of water linked to the Stieglitz family home and to O'Keeffe's repeated summer visits. These works also overlap chronologically with her marriage and artistic partnership with Alfred Stieglitz.