Lake George became a recurring subject in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings during the 1920s.
O'Keeffe spent summers at Lake George, New York, with Alfred Stieglitz and his family. The landscape offered water, trees, hills, vegetables, flowers, and changing seasonal light, all of which became sources for her paintings and drawings.
Her Lake George works range from recognizable views to simplified, highly abstract forms. She painted natural objects such as leaves and fruit as well as scenes around the lake, using close observation and strong design rather than conventional picturesque description.
Lake George is sometimes overshadowed by O'Keeffe's later association with New Mexico. The two places represent different periods and visual environments in her career: the northeastern lake country was especially important in the 1910s and 1920s, while New Mexico dominated much of her later imagery.