One of the most important artists in the American canon of art is Georgia O'Keefe with the reasons being many. A prolific and hugely talented female artist with a museum named after her, yet outside of the U.S., she is barely known. As popular as she is in the States, I don't think I've ever stepped back to even consider that her renown was not on a global basis.
Apparently, her husband and dealer, Alfred Stieglitz took an unusual stance in promoting her and other American artists and photographers' work. He felt their work was best appreciated in America and that if one wanted to see their work, they should come to America.
The end result was that many famous artists and photograher were rarely known beyond America's shores due to Stieglitz refusal to exhibit their work outside of the States. In the last 10 years, O'Keefe's work has finally been exhibited in several European countries and Britain but is only now being seen in Germany.
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