9781596797376

Grandma Moses

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9781596797376

Hardcover|9781596797376


Overview

Self-taught American folk artist Anna Mary Moses became a painter late in life after working on farms in New York and Virginia. This biography introduces the rural childhood, family life, early yarn pictures, discovery by Louis J. Caldor, first exhibition at Otto Kallir's gallery, Hallmark Christmas cards, documentary interview by Edward R. Murrow, illustration of Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas," and primitive style of the woman who would become Grandma Moses. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Moses's artwork, including Taking in Laundry, Deep Snow, The Old Automobile, and The Eisenhower Home.

ISBN-13

9781596797376

ISBN-10

1596797371

Weight

0.51 Pounds

Dimensions

8.25 x 0.50 x 8.25 In

List Price

$32.79

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

32 pages

Publisher

Abdo Group

Published On

2005-09-01



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