grandma moses

     

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known as "Granma Moses" was a renowned American folk artist. She is often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age.

Trivia about grandma moses

  • Born in 1860, this farmer's wife began painting her famous landscapes in her late 70s
  • At her 100th birthday celebration in 1960, she performed a jig with her doctor
  • When arthritis made needlework difficult, she turned to painting copies of Currier & Ives prints
  • Born Anna Mary Robertson, this artist died in 1961 at age 101
  • This beloved folk artist painted "Look, It's A New Little Colt" in 1945, when she was in her '80s
  • Before turning to painting in her 70s, she embroidered pictures on canvas
  • She had her first one-woman show in 1940, when she was 80; her 100th birthday was declared a holiday
  • This painter & farm wife lived for 40 years in the 19th century & 61 years in the 20th
  • On Dec. 13, 1961 Father Time caught up with this 101-year-old artist with a relative in her nickname
  • She began painting in 1938 at age 78; a year later her landscapes were exhibited at NYC's Museum of Modern Art
  • She's the famous American folk artist seen here
  • The distinctive stylings of this American folk artist are seen here in "Winter Joyride"
  • In October 1940 this 80-year-old had a one-woman show of 35 paintings at Galerie St. Etienne in New York
  • Although her hands were crippled with arthritis, she began painting in oils in 1938 at age 77
  • Pablo Picasso,Salvador Dali,Grandma Moses
  • In 1905 she & her husband bought a farm at Hoosick Falls, N.Y., where she stayed until her death in 1961
  • An artist, born Sept. 7, 1860 in Greenwich, New York; died Dec. 13, 1961 in Hoosick Falls
  • After arthritis made her quit embroidery, she took up painting in her 70s & had her first one-woman show at 80
  • Appropriately, this grandmother of American folk art painted "Over the River to Grandma's House"
  • Born one year before the Civil War began, she died 101 years later during John F. Kennedy's administration
  • "Thanksgiving Turkey" & "The Old Oaken Bucket" are paintings by her