Grandma Moses Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 –1961) PAINTER

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Grandma MosesAnna Mary Robertson Moses(1860
1961)PAINTER
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GRANDMA MOSES

• Born in Greenwich, NY Sept. 7, 1860 1 of 10
  children of farmers
• Marries farmer Thomas Moses in 1887 they have 10
  children, 5 survive
• They move to Eagle Bridge, New York, where she
  lives the rest of her long life
• She embroiders scenes in yarn until arthritis
  causes her to quit and take up painting at age 76

Life is what we make it, always has been, always
will be
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I paint from the top down. From the sky, then
the mountains, then the hills then the houses,
then the cattle and then the people.

• Starts by painting scenes from books or Currier
  Ives prints
• An art collector sees her work in a drugstore
  window immediate success
• Paints happy, life in the country images on
  cardboard
• Paints from memory, backgrounds first, then adds
  people

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• Some of her work is used on Hallmark cards
• Prolific artist 3600 canvasses in 30 years
• Before she is famous, sells work for 2-3 per
  painting

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Sugaring Off (1943) Depicts making maple candy in
winter Sold in 2006 for 1.2 million
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Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey (1943)
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GRANDMA MOSESprimitivist

• In her paintings there is no despair, unhappiness
  or aging
• On her 100th birthday in 1960, NY Gov. Nelson
  Rockefeller proclaims Grandma Moses Day
• Lives near/friends with Norman Rockwell
• Died Dec. 13, 1961 at Age 101

If I didnt start painting, I would have raised
chickens.