Which photographer and gallery owner promoted Georgia O'Keeffe's early work?

Alfred Stieglitz promoted Georgia O'Keeffe's early work. He exhibited her charcoal drawings at his New York gallery in 1916, helping introduce her distinctive abstractions to influential American audiences.

Stieglitz was already established as a photographer and advocate for modern art. His gallery, first called 291, had shown European and American artists who challenged academic traditions. O'Keeffe's drawings reached him through the photographer and art teacher Anita Pollitzer, who brought them to his attention.

Stieglitz organized O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition in 1917 and photographed her repeatedly over the following decades. Their relationship became both professional and romantic, and they married in 1924. Although Stieglitz's support was important, O'Keeffe developed an independent artistic direction, especially after her growing engagement with New Mexico.