Georgia O'Keeffe once said, “I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do - no matter who they are. Isn't it enough just to express yourself?” The personal relationship of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz affected their art because painting was another way of expressing who they were and what they felt. This paper will explain how they felt and how they expressed that through art. This will explain how they first started as kids finding an interest in art. Also how did their work develop after meeting each other and being in a relationship. What made them find an attraction for each other and what kind of experiences did they go through involving art. Basically want to explain overall how their art reflected on their life situations. …show more content…
These two painters wrote each other letters everyday and even more than once a day sometimes. Stieglitz and O'Keeffe met in 1916 when he was 54 while she was 23. He was very famous at the time with an avant-garde gallery in Manhattan and she on the other hand was unknown. When O’Keeffe arrived in New York, Stieglitz was educated in Berlin studying engineer and photography. After Georgia O'Keeffe arrived in New York Alfred took her to the Stieglitz family home at a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. They then made a plan to return to that lake house every summer as long as they were together. Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887. She was the second of seven other children. She grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. O'Keeffe was known to be one of the greatest American artists in the twentieth century. “She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago
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