Grandma Moses—born Sept. 7, 1860—always enjoyed art, but she didn't launch her career until late in her life, for a number of reasons The American folk painter was born Sept. 7, 1860 Sign Up ...

In "Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City" (1946), in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, she depicts herself—at age 80—about to leave on her first trip to New York City to see her ...

Art: Grandma Moses. 3 minute read. TIME. October 21, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... Folks around Eagle Bridge never paid much attention to Grandma Moses’ paintings.

Grandma Moses, John Kane and Horace Pippin are just some of the figures in this exhibition who redefined what it meant to be an artist—and what was American about American art.

The Hirshhorn has a 1945 Grandma Moses painting in its collections and a ... Free Art Lessons and Gerhard Richter. April 1, 2013. Events: Human Origins, Simon Schama, Mark Twain and More! May 24 ...

Today, she said, a Grandma Moses painting would start at about $25,000 and go up to $250,000. Kallir described the artist as very down-to-earth and unpretentious, particularly after she became famous.

“Memory is history recorded in our brain,” is how Grandma Moses begins her autobiography, “My Life’s History,” published in 1948 at the apex of her fame. “Memory is a painter, it ...

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Grandma Moses has a branding problem. Some critics invoke her name derisively, categorizing her alongside mom, baseball, and apple pie. Art, you know, isn’t supposed to be ...

What: “Grandma Moses: An American Primitive,” a two-person drama starring Christine Decker that chronicles the life of America’s best-known folk artist. It follows Moses as a child, a young ...