Abiquiú became Georgia O'Keeffe's home in 1949.
O'Keeffe moved permanently from New York to New Mexico in 1949, several years after first visiting the state in 1929. She was drawn to its distinctive terrain, architecture, bones, and intense light, which became recurring subjects in her work.
In Abiquiú, she lived in and worked from a historic adobe house associated with the village. The property's courtyard wall and door became important subjects, although the house is separate from the Ghost Ranch landscape where she also spent substantial time.
Santa Fe is often named as O'Keeffe's New Mexico home because it contains the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and was where she died. However, the village connected most directly with her permanent home and studio was Abiquiú. The distinction helps separate her residence from the state's major cultural center.