After graduating from Georgia O 'Keeffe University.

In college, Ou Jifu chose art institute of chicago. Two years later, she moved to new york City and joined the Art Students' Union. She studied under the painter william merritt chase. His untitled oil painting won the William Marit Chase Award from the Art Student Union. This untitled picture depicts a dead rabbit and a copper pot. This award will also send Ou Jifu to Lake George in upstate New York to attend the summer school of the Art Student Union. 1908, when Ou Jifu went to new york 29 1 gallery to watch the watercolor painting exhibition of sculptor Rodin, she met her future husband, namely gallery owner and photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

1908, Ou Jifu returned to Chicago as an illustrator. 19 10, she got measles and went home to rest in Virginia. During these two years, she realized that she didn't have the consciousness of making a living by painting, and she couldn't break away from the framework of academic training, so she almost stopped painting.

Until 19 12, Ou Jifu attended the summer course of the University of Virginia and was inspired by his teacher, Aaron Bementer. He introduced the thought of Arthur Wesley Dao, an educator in Ou Jifu at that time: artists should make good use of lines, colors, faces and shapes to interpret their understanding and feelings. Ou Jifu was deeply attracted and began to try to incorporate his own style into it.

From 19 12 to 19 14, Ou Jifu taught at Amerigo public high school in Texas, and worked as a teaching assistant for Beaumont in the summer until 19 16. During this period, she also studied in new york Teachers College (Columbia University) and got to know Arthur Wesley Dow, who inspired her. It was the summer of 19 14.

On 19 15, Ou Jifu transferred to teach at Columbia College in South Carolina. 19 16, in order to get a professorship at west Texas state university, she briefly returned to new york to continue her unfinished normal university course. This year can be said to be a crucial period for Ou Jifu to truly find his own painting style. When she was in South Carolina a year ago, she tried to draw a series of abstract themes in charcoal and sent them to new york's friend Anita Pulitzer to share. Anita liked this series of paintings very much, so she showed them to Grace, the artist of Gallery 29 1. He discovered Ou Jifu's talent for painting and decided to show this series of paintings. 19 16 in may, 10 Ou Jifu charcoal painting was officially exhibited in 29 1 gallery as part of the group exhibition (it is said that Grace did not inform Ou Jifu at that time. 19 17 in April and August, Steve Grice held two solo exhibitions for Ou Jifu due to the good evaluation of the first exhibition.

After teaching for several years, Ou Jifu is in poor health. She applied for a long vacation, moved to San Antonio, Texas, where the climate was warm, and began to write to Stiglitz. Through writing, they gradually developed feelings, so in May of 19 18, Ou Jifu accepted the invitation of Stiglitz, and in June of 65438,