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L to R: 1: George Woodman, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1965 | 2, 5, 9: Tile patterns in Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1965 | 3: “7 Colors in 4’s,” 1966, 67 x 67 in. Acrylic on canvas | 4: Alhambra Palace baths, Granada, Spain. Photo © Guido Montanes Castillo | 6: “Untitled,” 1966, 66 1/2 x 66 1/2 in. Oil on canvas | 7: Sketch for painting, c. 1965-66 | 8: “San Francisco di Paolo” or “Axe Pattern,” 1966, 43 x 43 in. Acrylic on canvas | 10: Charles Woodman and Francesca Woodman, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1965 | 11: Betty Woodman, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1965. All artworks, sketches, and photos by George Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
George Woodman, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1965. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
George Woodman's travels to Alhambra, Granada, Spain. "George Woodman: A Democracy of Parts, Paintings 1966-1978," DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2025

In 1965, George Woodman visited Granada, Spain to see the Alhambra, the iconic monument to Islamic architecture where geometry, ornamentation and architecture harmoniously converge in a multitude of tiled and carved surfaces.

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L to R: 1: George Woodman’s studio, Tuscany, Italy, c. 1965-66 | 2: “Untitled,” 1965, 63 x 94 in. Oil on canvas | 3: “Untitled,” 1967, 31 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Simone Begani | 4: “Untitled,” c. 1965-66, dimensions unknown. Oil on canvas | 5: “Untitled,” c. 1966, 40 x 40 in. Oil on canvas | 6: “Cosmati,” 1966, 60 x 60 in. Oil on canvas | 7: Cosmati tile detail Cattedrale di Anagni, Anagni, Italy © Museo della Cattedrale di Anagni | 8: “Untitled,” c. 1966, 59 1/2 x 59 in. Oil on canvas | 9: Sketch for painting, c. 1965-66 | 10: “Trajan’s Column,” 1965/1966, 33 1/2 x 201 in. Acrylic on canvas | 11: Sketch for painting, undated | 12-14: Details from “Trajan’s Column,” 1965/1966 | 15: Exhibition announcement, “George E. Woodman: The Italian Paintings,”University Memorial Center Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1966. All sketches and artworks by George Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
George Woodman’s studio, Tuscany, Italy, c. 1965-66. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
George Woodman's year in Florence, Italy. "George Woodman: A Democracy of Parts, Paintings 1966-1978," DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2025

From the fall of 1965 through the summer of 1966, George Woodman spent the year living and working near Florence, Italy. It was in this year that the presence of pattern and attention to color that characterized his earlier paintings took a definitive turn.

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