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Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1860-1961) Who Was Grandma Moses? Grandma Moses was an American artist who spent decades living the rural, agricultural life that she would later feature in her paintings. She only began...
View all 38 artworks. Grandma Moses lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Naïve Art (Primitivism). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Grandma Moses did not start painting until she was seventy-seven years old and looking for something to do “to keep busy and out of mischief” after her husband died. She painted nostalgic scenes of American life and sold them at country fairs alongside her prize-winning pickles.
Mar 28, 2024 · Grandma Moses (born September 7, 1860, Greenwich, New York, U.S.—died December 13, 1961, Hoosick Falls) was an American folk painter who was internationally popular for her naive documentation of rural life in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Grandma Moses. American Painter. Born: September 7, 1860 - Greenwich, New York. Died: December 13, 1961 - Hoosick Falls, New York. Movements and Styles: Art Brut and Outsider Art.
Title: Belvedere. Artist: Grandma Moses (American, Greenwich, New York 1860–1961 Hoosick Falls, New York) Date: 1943. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on board. Dimensions: 21 × 25 in. (53.3 × 63.5 cm) Credit Line: Gift of the Maria and Conrad Janis Estate, 2024. Accession Number: 2024.72. The American Wing at The Met. Resources for Research.
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