Which museum opened the first major retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe's work in 1946?

The Museum of Modern Art opened the first major retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe's work in 1946.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York presented Georgia O'Keeffe, the first retrospective devoted to her work, in 1946. The exhibition was organized by the curator and art historian Lincoln Kirstein. It recognized the breadth of her career, including abstractions, flowers, New York subjects, and landscapes.

The retrospective was especially significant because O'Keeffe had already been exhibiting for roughly three decades, yet her reputation was still often filtered through Stieglitz's promotion and photography. A museum survey offered a more comprehensive account of her own artistic achievement.

Later retrospectives took place at other major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art. Those later exhibitions should not be confused with MoMA's landmark 1946 presentation.