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Passing through Washington, D.C., the other day, I went to see a show of paintings by Grandma Moses ... favorites are the indoor pictures- The Quilting Bee (1950), for example-but, then, some ...
Modernists would be drawn to Moses’s quaint paintings of steam trains, horse-drawn carriages, and little checkerboard houses dotting patchwork quilt farms. They’ve love how Grandma Moses ...
Grandma Moses has a branding problem ... Another terrific painting, “The Quilting Bee,” depicts the harmonious buzz of activity in a great room, with quilters at one table and dinner being ...
“Grandma Moses in the 21st Century,” at the National ... scenes like “The Old Checkered House” and “The Quilting Bee” were being reproduced on cards and calendars.
In these worst of times, a show of works by Grandma Moses recalls the best ... let new generations know how life used to be. The Quilting Bee, 1950, recalls an all-but-forgotten activity.
VERONA – Seven years after the county government spared the Grandma Moses house from demolition ... came for the tour armed with bee and wasp spray.) Snakes have shed their skin and left the remains ...
When you think of a quilting bee maybe you imagine a bunch of elderly ladies, drinking tea, sewing together in a church basement? The monthly Quiltapalooza at Mt. Airy’s “Art Garage” is not exactly a ...
Anyone imagining that Craft Napa is a bunch of white-haired grandmas sitting around at a quilting bee would be sorely mistaken. These women were exploring all kinds of artistic quilting and ...