Discover how Grandma Moses, a self-taught artist, turned to painting in her late 70s and became an American folk-art icon. Leslie Umberger & Meredith Herndon Portrait of Grandma Moses in 1950 by Clara ...

This famous commercial artist loved by millions never got the critical acclaim she probably deserved. A museum looks to change that. By Rebecca L. Davis This article is part of the Fine Arts & ...

“Grandma Moses: 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 ...

In the sunny front room of a trim ranch house in Upper New York State, a sprightly little old lady sat working one day last week, an array of paint tubes on the table in front of her. Through the ...

How did the paintings of an elderly farm woman with no artistic training become widely popular with ordinary people and widely respected by art critics? Grandma Moses benefited from changing ideas of ...

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, left ...

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as Grandma Moses, was the super senior citizen of the mid 20th century. Her talent and artwork of scenes of rural America were discovered in the 1930s when she was ...

BENNINGTON — Bennington Museum has begun renovations on the "Grandma Moses" gallery thanks to funds raised from the Museum's winter Gala. From January through March, the Museum is traditionally closed ...

Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work sheds new light on a beloved body of work by Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860 – 1961). Grandma Moses used creativity, hope, and togetherness as tools for ...

WHAT IF you had to catch a live turkey for your Thanksgiving feast? Or couldn't take a bath until you helped make soap with leftover grease and ashes? Or (gasp!) left home at age 12 to earn your ...

This summer the Burlington Free Press highlighted the gravesites of 25 famous people buried in Vermont. Readers might have noticed glaring omissions of notables associated with Vermont who didn’t make ...