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291 (art gallery)

Later years (1913-1917)

What it currently says/ the section that I want to change: "Unfortunately, the magazine did little to revive the status of the gallery. Stieglitz continued to present some outstanding shows, but the overall effect of the mounting war tension on the economy could not be overcome. In 1916 an event happened that further sealed the fate of the gallery: Stieglitz met Georgia O'Keeffe. He immediately became fascinated with her, and over the next year he began to devote his energy toward a relationship with her and away from the daily toils of running the gallery."

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In 1916 Stieglitz met Georgia O'Keeffe.

In the early years of their relationship O'Keeffe was an inspiration for Stieglitz's photography and a source of creative energy.

Other male gallery owners at this time did not commonly seek out or display women's artwork, however, Stieglitz's believed in the legitimacy of females as artists and included Georgia's work in many group exhibitions, and in individual exhibition of her work on April 3, 1917. However his advertisement of O'Keeffe's work at his gallery and his representation of her as an artist was in a large part for her femininity and its presence in her work.

Red Canna (paintings)

What it currently says/ the section that I want to change: "Her depictions have been called erotic and compared to the female genitalia."

Edit: Although her depiction have been called erotic and compared to female genitalia, O'Keeffe's own intentions for her flower paintings are often misconstrued. O'Keeffe herself says this about her flower paintings, "Well - I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower – and I don’t."

O'Keeffe was not unaware of the sexual references in her work, but male art critics misinterpretations of these references perpetuated a sexual understanding of her work very that was very different from the original intentions.

Male Artists

"I wonder if man has ever been written down the way that he has written woman down – I rather feel that he hasn't been – that some woman still has the job to perform." -Georgia O'Keefe