Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer
Hyperallergic reviews “Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light,” a documentary directed by Paul Wagner that frames Georgia O’Keeffe as a lifelong traveler shaped by varied American landscapes. The film traces her upbringing on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, her education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later periods living in places including Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, and New York City. It addresses her relationship with photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, noting that his exhibitions of photographs of her—both clothed and nude—brought notoriety she did not seek, and that she resisted being typecast through sustained work. The documentary highlights lesser-known work such as nude watercolor self-portraits made in Texas, and recounts her 1915 breakthrough with large abstract charcoal drawings that Stieglitz exhibited at his gallery 291; in 1918, at age 30, she moved to New York as Stieglitz, then 54 and still married, began a relationship with her.
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This story was covered in Lost Masterpieces and a Market’s Identity Crisis