Article: Retrospective elevates Grandma Moses' legacy.(The Home Forum)

Byline: Kathy Stephen

For anyone who believes that Grandma Moses is no more than a commercialized cliche, prepare to be surprised by the strength and vividness of her paintings in the original.

Grandma Moses is best known for her winter scenes of traditional New England farm life. But the bright colors of her less-well-known summer paintings now leap into life with striking shades of green, yellow, and red. A firm, geometrical sense of composition combines with her whimsical rendering of the human figure to produce a depth of response in the viewer that can only come from real art.

"Grandma Moses in the 21st Century," now at the San Diego ...

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