Moses, Grandma
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| Birthname | Robertson, Anna Mary | ||
| born on | 7 September 1860 at 15:58 (= 3:58 PM ) | ||
| Place | Greenwich NY, USA, 43n05, 73w29 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m73w29 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   15°24'   08°24 Asc. 23°14'
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Biography
American artist best remembered as "Grandma Moses." Robertson began her career as a primitive artist at the age of 78. She published her autobiography, "My Life's History" in 1952 when she was 92.
Anna grew up, the eldest of ten kids, on her parents' flax farm and at age 12 went to work as a hired girl. As a young girl she longed to paint but the circumstances of her environment were not supportive. At 27, she married Thomas Salmon Moses and over the years gave birth to ten kids; five of whom survived. She helped her husband with their farm. Her art was expressed through the practical form of home quilts and embroidery and she made "yarn paintings," a type of embroidery using thick, layered yarn. When her fingers became too stiff to use a needle, she began to paint scenes of country life on panels of masonite, using old house paints from the barn, never having had a lesson. Her style was simple and original, rural scenes in gay colors that portrayed the American heritage.
In 1938, she was showing her paintings in the local drugstore; the following year three were selected for inclusion in "Contemporary Unknown Painters," a show in New York's Museum of Modern Art. This was followed by a solo show at a New York Gallery.
Her paintings are now noted works of art and sell for large amounts of money.
Robertson died at 101, 12/13/1961, Hoosick Falls, NY.
Events
- Work : New Career 1952 (Began painting, age 78)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1952 (Autobiography published, age 92)
- Death, Cause unspecified 13 December 1961 (Age 101)
Source Notes
Tucker quotes her in Research Quarterly (Vol 4, 1961).
Categories
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One lengthy marriage)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Chronic misery (Death of five children)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Ten, five survived)
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Primitive artist of unique skill)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 101)
- Traits : Body : Constitution hardy (Ten children, farm life)
- Lifestyle : Home : Home centered
- Lifestyle : Home : Neighborhood (Farm)
- Traits : Personality : Unique
- Vocation : Miscellaneous : Crafts (Quilts, embroidery of historic lifestyle)
- Vocation : Miscellaneous : Homemaker/Care provider (Farm wife)
- Lifestyle : Work : Retirement circumstances (Started artistry in late quarter of life)
