Georgia decided to close down Stieglitz’s gallery and focus on her art and traveling. She lived her life in solitude for many years until in 1960 when she had her “first major exhibition since 1946 (Montgomery, 1993, pg.17).” “A new generation was stunned and confused by her work, asking the same questions, and occasionally coming to the same incorrect conclusions that critics had in the twenties (Montgomery, 1993, pg. 17).” She spent the next several years creating a series called From the River and Sky Above Clouds. O’Keeffe used her experience of what she had witnessed below when traveling by plane to create the works of art. In 1970, she had a successful showing at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Soon after this showing she was diagnosed with macular degeneration that affected her eyesight. She persevered and continued to work with occasional assistance from a long-time friend Doris Bry. Bry had helped O’Keeffe with Stieglitz’s estate as well as with her showing at the Whitney
Georgia decided to close down Stieglitz’s gallery and focus on her art and traveling. She lived her life in solitude for many years until in 1960 when she had her “first major exhibition since 1946 (Montgomery, 1993, pg.17).” “A new generation was stunned and confused by her work, asking the same questions, and occasionally coming to the same incorrect conclusions that critics had in the twenties (Montgomery, 1993, pg. 17).” She spent the next several years creating a series called From the River and Sky Above Clouds. O’Keeffe used her experience of what she had witnessed below when traveling by plane to create the works of art. In 1970, she had a successful showing at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Soon after this showing she was diagnosed with macular degeneration that affected her eyesight. She persevered and continued to work with occasional assistance from a long-time friend Doris Bry. Bry had helped O’Keeffe with Stieglitz’s estate as well as with her showing at the Whitney