My parents were not fans of Grandma Moses (1860–1961), the octogenarian painting farmwife discovered and promoted by my grandfather Otto Kallir (1894–1978). In the 1950s, Moses seemed to be everywhere ...
SHELBURNE, Vt. — The Grandma Moses story reads a lot like an artist’s fairy tale. In 1938, Anna Mary Robertson Moses, a 78-year-old grandmother living on a farm in upstate New York, hung a few of her ...
Over her two-decade career, beginning with her first solo show in 1940 at the age of 80 and ending with her death in 1961, Anna Mary Robertson Moses achieved extraordinary fame for her vivid seasonal ...
This famous commercial artist loved by millions never got the critical acclaim she probably deserved. A museum looks to change that. By Rebecca L. Davis This article is part of the Fine Arts & ...
Discover how Grandma Moses, a self-taught artist, turned to painting in her late 70s and became an American folk-art icon. Leslie Umberger & Meredith Herndon Portrait of Grandma Moses in 1950 by Clara ...
Claudia Kalb - Author, Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers Bringing in the Maple Sugar from 1940 or earlier. © Grandma Moses Properties ...