A new Smithsonian retrospective explores the legacy of America’s beloved late bloomer, often underrated in art history ...
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 & ...
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 ...
The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...
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 ...
This release has been updated. “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 ...
My parents were not fans of Grandma Moses (1860–1961), the octogenarian painting farmwife discovered and promoted by my grandfather Otto Kallir (1894–1978). In the 1950s, Moses seemed to be everywhere ...
Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Grandma Moses’s total sales are going up, and if so ...
As the author of the Egon Schiele and Grandma Moses catalogues raisonnés, I see an average of one fake a week. Most are so inept that they would not fool even a moderately experienced dealer or ...