New Mexico: Tracing Georgia O’Keeffe’s Footsteps

Beginning in 2017, Lydia Bauman followed O’Keeffe’s footsteps across the wilderness of New Mexico, re-interpreting on canvas the powerful, mystical landscape that so captivated the iconic artist for nearly 60 years, making her the most celebrated American female artist of all times. Who better than Lydia to share the account of her journey and insights into O’Keeffe’s life, work and painting methods, teaching us that every version of the same subject is valid, only serving to enrich the viewer’s appreciation of it.

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LYDIA BAUMAN

Lydia is a Polish-born artist, author, and art historian, educated in Britain. An internationally recognized landscape painter, her works are held in both corporate and private collections worldwide and have graced some 30 solo exhibitions in the UK and abroad. As a freelance speaker, Lydia has presented lectures at the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and works as a guide at the National Gallery in London. With a particular passion for Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico, Lydia is the perfect guide to take us across that wild country, following in O’Keeffe’s footsteps.