Grandma Moses

Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 13x12x2. An absolutely unique and richly enjoyable book, written by one of America's most famous and best-loved women. Her name is Anna Mary Robertson Moses but she is known to the world as Grandma Moses. In these pages, she tells- in a style which is as simple , colorful, appealing, nostalgic, wise and wonderful as her paintings- the story of her life, and what a story it is! Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 – 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953, was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary.