Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz correspondence and related material, 1929-1947

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1887, Nov. 15	Born, Sun Prairie, Wis.
1905-1906	Student, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Ill.
1907-1908	Student, Art Students League, New York, N.Y.
1911-1918	Taught art at various schools and colleges in Virginia, Texas, and South Carolina
1912	Student, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
1914-1916	Student, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1917	Paintings exhibited by Alfred Stieglitz at 291 gallery, New York, N.Y.
1918	Moved to New York, N.Y.
1923-1925	Exhibitions at Anderson Galleries, New York, N.Y.
1924	Married Alfred Stieglitz
1929	Traveled to New Mexico with Rebecca Strand Guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, Taos, N. Mex.
1933	Hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown and did not paint for a period of time
1934	Began painting again
1947-1949	Worked on settling Alfred Stieglitz's estate, living primarily in New York, N.Y.
1949	Moved permanently to New Mexico
1951	Traveled to Mexico
1953-1969	Traveled in Europe, Asia, India, Middle East, Pacific Islands, and North America
1972	Painted her last unassisted painting due to vision loss
1977	Received Presidential Medal of Freedom
1985	Awarded National Medal of Arts
1986, Mar. 6	Died, Santa Fe, N. Mex.

Date	Event
1864, Jan. 1	Born, Hoboken, N.J.
1882-1884	Studied mechanical engineering, Technische Hochschule, Berlin, Germany
1884-1888	Studied photochemistry and photography, Berlin Polytechnic, Berlin, Germany
1889-1890	Studied chemistry, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1890	Returned to New York, N.Y. Displayed photographs at a small photography studio purchased for him by his father
1893	Married Emmeline Obermeyer (divorced 1924)
1893-1896	Editor, American Amateur Photographer
1897-1902	Editor, Camera Notes, journal of the Camera Club of New York
1902	Formed the group Photo-Secession with others emphasizing photography as fine art
1903-1917	Editor, Camera Work
1905	Founder of Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession that became known as 291 gallery
1917	Exhibited paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe at 291 gallery
1918-1925	Took numerous photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe
1921-1925	Director, Anderson Galleries, New York, N.Y.
1922	Organized a show of John Marin’s paintings and etchings at the Anderson Galleries, New York, N.Y.
1924	Married Georgia O'Keeffe Received the Royal Photographic Society’s Progress Medal for advancing photography
1925-1929	Director, The Intimate Gallery
1929-1946	Director, An American Place gallery
1946, July 13	Died, New York, N.Y.
1947	Restrospective exhibition of Steiglitz's photographs, mounted with Georgia O'Keeffe's assistance, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.

Date	Event
1902, Sept. 19	Born, Vienna, Austria
1927	Married Marie Tudor Garland
1931	Writer, director, editor, and cinematographer, Portrait of Young Man in Three Movements
1936	Married Margaret ("Peggy") Bok Writer, Redes, released in 1937 in the United States as The Wave
1939	Writer and producer, The City
1940	Co-producer, co-director, and cameraman, One Tenth of Our Nation
1941	Editor and producer, Adventure in the Bronx
1942	Director, It's Up to You
1947	Writer and director, Land of Enchantment: Southwest U.S.A, featuring Georgia O'Keeffe
1953	Married Olga Kotchoukova
1976, Feb. 12	Died, New York, N.Y.