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by: Jane Kallir  List Price: $12.95 Price: $5.00 You Save: $7.95 (61%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13 EAN: 9780810958227 ISBN: 0810958228 Label: Harry N. Abrams Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: September 01, 2001 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Studio: Harry N. Abrams Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Grandma Moses was a humble farm woman who taught herself to paint when she was in her 70s and she went on to become the Cinderella of of the 20th-century art world when, in 1938, an amateur collector discovered her work hanging in an upstate New York drugstore. Her first solo exhibition followed two years later and, by the time she died in 1961 at the age of 101, Moses had met the US president, sold millions of greetings cards and poster reproductions, and been featured on television, in film and on the covers of "Time" and "Life" magazines. This book places Grandma Moses in the context of other self-taught or "folk" artists, exploring why the art establishment first adored, then rejected and is now re-embracing her. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Nice work by a little ungodly grandmaThis book is a beautiful rendering of the seemingly simplistic and enchanting paintings by Grandma Moses. But something seems amiss when one finds that this artist lacked something on the spiritual side; for Kallir mentions something Moses once said: '"Someone has asked me to paint Biblical pictures," she once noted, "and I say no, I'll not paint something that we know nothing about; might just as well paint something that will happen a thousand years hence."' (Kallir 52). Moses' enchanting ... Read More Rating: - THE REAL GRANDMA MOSESThis is a wonderful and beautifully illustrated book filled with Grandma Moses' life and her art work. I ordered it as a classroom aid for a presentation on her life, and I was amazed at how much was compiled in this selection. The biography is very thorough and her colorful landscapes are quite breathtaking. The captions along side her masterpieces give the reader an insight into this great folk artist, as well as critiques the art mediums she used to perfect them. This is a wonderful addition to ... Read More 
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