Astrology and Modern Art Oct 13, 2008
Virgo Grandma Moses (September 7, 1860) was clean-living like many Virgos, and perhaps that s why she celebrated 101 birthdays. Her folk art subjects and industriousness also reflected humble Virgo tendencies. (Suite101.com)
COA News, Aug. 28 edition Aug 29, 2008
Grandma Moses started in her 80s. Starting Monday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. for 10 weeks, come to the class taught by well-known Billerica artist, Colleen Sgroi. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
COA news, July 31 edition Aug 1, 2008
Grandma Moses started in her 80 s. Starting Monday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. for 10 weeks, come to the class taught by well-known Billerica artist, Colleen Sgroi. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
More local people and the books they loved Jul 26, 2008
She received The Grandma Moses Storybook from her grandparents when she was a child and loved it ... The Grandma Moses Storybook is a giant volume with stories and poems by some of America's best-loved authors ... Robert Frost, James Russell Lowell, Laura Ingalls Wilder and many others contributed their words to this book full of the paintings of Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Review: Discovering Great Artists May 26, 2008
More than 60 artists are feature in the 80+ projects, including Matisse, Grandma Moses, Seurat, Van Allsburg, Van Eyck, Botticelli, Manet, Money, Gainsborough, Gauguin, Renoir, Dali, and Rockwell. The book does not feature reproductions of the works of these artists, however these could easily be accessed on the internet or in an art history book. (Suite101.com)
Artistic roots: Longtime Polson resident remembers Sandpiper Art Gallery Festival's start May 22, 2008
I could be the second Grandma Moses, she says ... The difference is, Grandma Moses took up painting late in life she was actually in her 70s, not 90 while Manning is looking to restart a lifelong interest in art. (Missoulian, MT)
Overlooked But Groundbreaking Mar 15, 2008
The museum drew record crowds to its shows on folk artist Grandma Moses in 2000 and theater and film director Julie Taymor in 2000 and 2001. But yearly attendance remains a problem, averaging about 140,000. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Letters: Artist: All art is beautiful, historical murals included Dec 25, 2007
I know Picasso and Matisse and Grandma Moses. I've been entranced with art all my life. (Daily Triplicate)
Where are they now? (A look at people in the news in 2007) -- Joyce White shows talent in art Dec 21, 2007
In the news: Armstrong area resident Joyce White found she had a bit of Grandma Moses in her earlier this year when she was left alone with some acrylic paints. Mike Mitchell with the O.U.R. Center in Hastings was working on a sign. (The St. Augustine Record)
A natural artistic talent emerges Dec 6, 2007
With a simple style that has drawn comparison to artist Grandma Moses, Brown's gift continues to develop along pathways of imagination. The walls of the Half Moon Bay Coffee Company are festooned with Brown's oil paintings. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Hoosick creates art for chair-ity Oct 27, 2007
There's the chair titled "For Grandma Moses" by Jenny Holzer, whose artwork has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, the Venice Biennale and The Reichstag. Grandma Moses' great-grandson, Tom Moses, has a rocker titled, "The Moses Rocker.". (Albany Times Union)
Raghu Krishnan: Good night sleep Oct 7, 2007
The American artist Grandma Moses had this ability to paint like a child even if she started painting in her old age. The response to her painting never seemed to bother her even if her work The Old Checkered Inn in Summer was originally sold for $10 and subsequently assigned an insurance value of $60,000. (India Times)
Area art show this weekend at Fieldstone Oct 2, 2007
"I got an email from an owner out in Massachusetts who looked up the website after watching the "Antique's Road Show" and it made him curious about his Kramer painting after seeing one of Grandma Moses' paintings which is so similar. I'm also surprised at the interest in the revival of his work. He did around 400 paintings, so there are a lot of owners who might be looking at his work with fresh eyes.". The show at Fieldstone should be of some interest to people in the area, Johanneck said. (Redwood Falls Gazette, MN)
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It holds permanent galleries in excess of 350 paintings and sculptures, boasting original works from such artists as Edward Hopper, Georgia O Keefe, James Whistler, Andrew Wyeth, Grandma Moses, Frederick Remington, Reginald Marsh, William Bartlett and Winslow Homer. An article published in The Leader-Herald on July 1, 1925, said The cost of the building is estimated at 25,000, and the interior probably costs many thousands more. (Little Falls Evening Times, NY)
HUDSON RIGHT UP MY VALLEY Aug 19, 2007
And there's Hoosick Falls, which boasts the grave of Grandma Moses. (Omit, please, remarks about a woman still working at an age older than mine. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Colorful tribute to iconic artist Jul 24, 2007
Facing northbound traffic on Route 22, the mural next to the Key Bank parking lot features the work "Wagon Repair Shop" by Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known to the world as Grandma Moses ... Grandma Moses' grandson, Carl Moses, who lives in Eagle Bridge, was one of the people to raise the alarm about the condition of the work ... He had to get permission from the property owner, the Bennington Museum and the New York City company that owns the rights to Grandma Moses' work before starting. (Albany Times Union)
Native artist returns home Jan 12, 2007
"His style typifies vermicular American folk art and is reminiscent of Grandma Moses" said Allen Public Library Development Coordinator Tom Keener. Displayed will be Byler's paintings of Allen's old red brick schoolhouse, churches, downtown and even a bright depiction of "cottin' pickin'" on the family farm. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Decorating duds are regretfully theirs Jan 6, 2007
Brightly colored (or as Rivers describes them, a mixture of African art and Grandma Moses on acid), they depict slavery-era scenes of cotton picking, slave burials, and weddings, and do not work at all with the gilded columns and ornate objets d'art of Rivers' Fifth Avenue duplex. Worse, Rivers cannot stop buying them. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
