Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better
known as "Grandma Moses" was a renowned American folk artist. She is most often
cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts
at an advanced age.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better
known as "Grandma Moses" was a renowned American folk artist. She is most often
cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts
at an advanced age.
Painting
Moses began painting in her seventies after abandoning a career in embroidery
because of arthritis. Louis J. Caldor, a collector discovered her paintings in a
Hoosick Falls, New York drugstore window in 1938. In 1939, an art dealer, Otto
Kallir, exhibited some of her work in his Galerie Saint-Etienne in New York.
This brought her to the attention of art collectors all over the world, and her
paintings were highly sought after. She went on to exhibit her work throughout
Europe and in Japan, where her work was particularly well received. She
continued her prolific output of paintings, the demand for which never
diminished during her lifetime. Grandma Moses painted mostly scenes of rural
life. Some of her many paintings were used on the covers of Hallmark cards.
In 1946 her painting The Old Checkered Inn in Summer was featured in the
background of a national advertising campaign for the young women's lip gloss
Primitive Red by Du Barry cosmetics.
President Harry S. Truman presented her with the Women's National Press Club
trophy Award for outstanding accomplishment in art in 1949, and in 1951 she
appeared on See It Now, a television program hosted by Edward R. Murrow. In 1952
she published her autobiography entitled Grandma Moses: My Life's History.
On her 100th birthday in 1960, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller proclaimed
the day "Grandma Moses Day" in her honor.
Legacy
A 1942 piece, The Old Checkered House, 1862 was appraised at the Memphis 2004
Antiques Roadshow. The painting was a summer scene in Geneva, New York, not as
common as her winter landscapes. Originally purchased in the 1940s for under
$10, the piece was assigned an insurance value of $60,000 by the appraiser, Alan
Fausel.
Another of her paintings, Fourth of July, was painted in honor of President
Eisenhower and still hangs today in the White House.
The name of the character of "Granny Moses" on the popular 1960s rural comedy
television series The Beverly Hillbillies was an homage to Grandma Moses.
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Uncommon Sense: President Obama and
US China Trade 1784-2009
The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
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