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Article: GRANDMA MOSES in the 21st Century.
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- Arts & Activities
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Everyone has heard of "Grandma" Moses, one of America's most heralded untrained painters, and practically a national folk hero. The moniker "grandma" was given to her and seemed more than appropriate, as she picked up the brush in her 70s, having never had a formal art lesson.
Moses embarked on a new career at an age when most people have long since retired, and in 1940, at age 80, she was given her first one-woman show. For two decades, she continued to create in her wonderfully unique style and produced 25 paintings in the year following her 100th birthday.
Born Anna Mary Robertson on Sept. 7, 1860, in Greenwich, N.Y., she was raised in the country ...
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Article: STOLEN GRANDMA MOSES WORKS RETURN.(MAIN)
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April 16, 1998 ;
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... ... left behind two paintings by Grandma Moses' son, Forest Moses, which ... GRANDMA'S' PORTRAIT Grandma Moses was born Anna Mary Robertson on Sept. 7, 1860 ... the largest collection of Grandma Moses paintings. She had her first ...
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