Background
Katherine, or "Kitty", was born on September 27 1898. Her father, Alfred Stieglitz and her mother Emmy Stieglitz.
Katherine, or "Kitty", was born on September 27 1898. Her father, Alfred Stieglitz and her mother Emmy Stieglitz.
With assistance from Emmy"s family money, the couple was able to hire a governess, cook and a chambermaid, and, believing that Emmy was well cared-for, Stieglitz saw no reason to cut back the many hours he was spending at The Camera Club of New York and on his own photography. While her father was enjoying significant artistic successes, Stieglitz had no similar fortune on the financial end of his work. Most months the Little Galleries cost far more to operate than the meager income from print sales, membership in the Photo-Secession was declining and even subscriptions to Camera Work began to drop official
The total income from all of these efforts now amounted to less than $400 for the whole year, forcing Stieglitz – in this case, Emmy – to make up the rest.
Foreign years Emmy had maintained a lifestyle that was relatively extravagant for their income level She employed a full-time governess for Kitty, insisting on traveling to Europe at least once a year, and stayed only at the best hotels.
In spite of her father"s concerns about his growing financial problems she insisted that the family once again travel to Europe for the summer, and in June Stieglitz, Emmy, Kitty and their governess once again sailed across the Atlantic. In 1924 her father got divorced with her mother, Emmy Stieglitz, and in 1928 was married to Georgia O"Keeffe in order to help soothe Kitty, whom at that time was being treated in a sanatorium for depression and hallucinations.
Kitty died on November 20, 1971 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.