A Good Day’s Work” repositions Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860–1961) as a multidimensional force in American art, whose beloved painted recollections of rural life earned her a distinctive ...

Grandma Moses—born Sept. 7, 1860—always enjoyed art, ... Her work sold for as much as $3,000 a piece and hung in the homes of some of the art world’s most famous collectors.

Grandma Moses benefited from changing ideas of what good art was, and from her own genius in bringing her memories of the past to life in paint. Anna Mary Robertson was born on September 7, 1860 ...

Grandma Moses used creativity, hope, and togetherness as tools for shaping a life that she metaphorically likened to “a good day’s work.” Moses melded direct observation of nature and personal ...

Eagle Bridge, N. Y. (pop. 300) nestles on the hard western slope of Vermont's Green Mountains just where they roll over the New York border. There 13 years ago Farmer Thomas Solomon Moses died, ...

Anyone remotely interested in American folk art or cottagecore style is familiar with the name Grandma Moses.. Born in 1860, Anna Mary Robertson Moses didn’t start painting until her late 70s ...

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 ...

A Grandma Moses-signed painting has been sold at auction in Victoria for $80,000. Skip to content. ... Grandma Moses is famous as an American folk artist. She died in 1961 at age 101.

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.