In "Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City" (1946), in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, she depicts herself—at age 80—about to leave on her first trip to New York City to see her ...

Grandma Moses—born Sept. 7, 1860—always enjoyed art, but she didn't launch her career until late in her life, for a number of reasons The American folk painter was born Sept. 7, 1860 Sign Up ...

“Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” is anchored by artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, including many of Moses’ most celebrated paintings. The 88 works in the exhibition are ...

“Memory is history recorded in our brain,” is how Grandma Moses begins her autobiography, “My Life’s History,” published in 1948 at the apex of her fame. “Memory is a painter, it ...

Art: Grandma Moses. 3 minute read. TIME. October 21, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... Folks around Eagle Bridge never paid much attention to Grandma Moses’ paintings.

Grandma Moses, the renowned 20th-century American folk artist known for paintings of country life, would have turned 156 on Wednesday. The artist graced the cover of the Dec. 28, 1953, issue of ...

Grandma Moses, John Kane and Horace Pippin are just some of the figures in this exhibition who redefined what it meant to be an artist—and what was American about American art.

Today, she said, a Grandma Moses painting would start at about $25,000 and go up to $250,000. Kallir described the artist as very down-to-earth and unpretentious, particularly after she became famous.

What: “Grandma Moses: An American Primitive,” a two-person drama starring Christine Decker that chronicles the life of America’s best-known folk artist. It follows Moses as a child, a young ...