Author: W. Nikola-Lisa, Grandma Moses
Hardcover: 32 pages
Company: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2000-10-15)
ISBN: 0805062432
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It is a story that has gone down in the annals of American art history: a New Yorker visiting upstate Hoosick Falls is entranced by four pictures hanging in the window of a drugstore. Investigating further, he learns they are the handiwork of a 78-year-old widow. Thus begins the rise to fame of Grandma Moses--farmwife, painter, and unlikely celebrity.

In this book Karal Ann Marling, distinguished observer of American visual culture, looks at Grandma Moses as a cultural phenomenon of the postwar period and explores the meaning of her subject matter--and her astonishing fame. What did the "Greatest Generation" see in her simple renderings of people, young and old, tapping maple trees for syrup, making apple butter, gliding across snowy fields on sleighs? Why did Bob Hope, Irving Berlin, and Harry Truman all love her--and the art czars of New York openly despise her? Through the flood of Moses merchandise--splashed across Christmas cards, dishware, yard goods, and gewgaws of every kind--Marling traces the resonances that these "primitive" images struck in an America awkwardly adjusting to a new era of technology, suburbia, and Cold War tensions.

Between the cultural ephemera, folklore, song, and history embedded in Moses' paintings and the potent advertising shorthand for Americana that her images rapidly became, this book reveals the widespread longing for the memories, comforts, and small victories of a mythic, intimate American past tapped by the phenomenon--in art and commerce alike--of Grandma Moses.

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Author: Karal Ann Marling
Hardcover: 304 pages
Company: Harvard University Press (2006-05-29)
ISBN: 0674022262
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A biography focusing on the early years of Grandma Moses, who was known as much through her wit and charm as for her paintings of rural America, and who lived to be 101.

Author: Zibby Oneal
Mass Market Paperback: 64 pages ISBN13: 9780140322200, Condition: Used - Very Good, Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Company: Puffin (1987-09-01) (1987-09-01)
ISBN: 0140322205
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Grandma Moses and her paintings first came to public attention in 1940, when she was 80 years old. Her folk art, down-home personality, and background as a farmer and homemaker charmed the American public. By the time she died at the age of 101, she had completed over 1600 works of art and had established an international reputation. The work of 'the white-haired girl', a self-taught artist who was a regular news feature for two decades, remained enormously popular at home and abroad even in the years after her death. For this reevaluation of the work of Grandma Moses, Jane Kallir contributes an authoritative introduction and presents a catalogue that illustrates 87 of Moses' most important works. Kallir traces Moses' development as an artist from the first embroidered landscapes to the glorious paintings of her 'old-age style'. The Grandma Moses myth is tackled from various perspectives. Roger Cardinal examines the artist's working methods, exploring the relationship between the actual regional landscape and her interpretation of the area. Michael D. Hall places Moses within the context of contemporary artistic and social movements of the 1940s and 1950s. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan reveals how memory and imagination merge in the paintings. And Judith E. Stein discusses the role of gender in shaping the artist's reputation in the postwar years. This handsome volume is the catalogue for a major exhibition that will be seen during 2001-2002 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., the San Diego Museum of Art (California), the Orlando Museum of Art (Florida), the Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York), the Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, Oklahoma), the Columbus Museum of Art (Ohio), and the Portland Art Museum (Oregon).

Author: Jane Kallir, Roger Cardinal, Michael Hall, Lynda Hartigan
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Author: Jane Kallir
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Company: Barnes & Noble (2007)
ISBN: 0760785716
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Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.

This popular, self-taught artist is brought sharply into focus in this insightful volume, generously illustrated with her charming, bucolic works.

Author: William Ketchum
Hardcover: 80 pages
Company: New Line Books (2005-09-01)
ISBN: 1597640832
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Magically bringing the sights, sounds, and sprit of the holiday season to life, Grandma Moses's unique illustrations elevate Moore's text to a new level. Readers will delight as they escape the commercialism of today's holiday season and share in the experience of a real New England Christmas. Like a warm cup of cocoa on a snowy evening, the book envelops you in the comfort of tradition, innocence and simplicity. Author, curator, and principal of Grandma Moses Properties, Jane Kallir has provided an introduction highlighting Grandma Moses's impact on the art world, and on America in the postwar years. This fully authorized edition of The Night Before Christmas is the perfect gift for children, adults, fans of Grandma Moses, and art lovers.

Author: Clement C. Moore
Hardcover: 32 pages ISBN13: 9780789315687, Condition: USED - Very Good, Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Company: Universe (2007-09-18) (2007-09-18)
ISBN: 0789315688
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Presents a biography of Grandma Moses

Author: Mike Venezia
Paperback: 32 pages
Company: Children's Press(CT) (2004-03)
ISBN: 0516279130
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Author: Grandma Moses
Hardcover: 180 pages
Company: Harper & Brothers (1952)
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Author: Otto Kallir
Hardcover: 159 pages
Company: Outlet (1986-11)
ISBN: 0517283204
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