Grandma Moses

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly rich art career at an liberal age. Her works have been shown and sold worldwide, including in museums, and have been merchandised such as on greeting cards. Sugaring Off was sold for US$1.2 million in 2006.

Moses appeared upon magazine covers, television, and in a biographical documentary. Her autobiography is My Life's History, she won numerous awards, and she held two honorary doctoral degrees.

The New York Times said: "The simple realism, nostalgic manner and colorful color in the same way as which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm cartoon and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was dexterous to take control of the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a Fast wit, she could be sharp-tongued subsequent to a sycophant and stern past an errant grandchild."

She was a live-in housekeeper for a sum of 15 years, starting at age 12. An employer noticed her reply for their prints made by Currier and Ives, and they supplied her taking into consideration drawing materials. Moses and her husband began their married simulation in Virginia, where they worked upon farms. In 1905, they returned to the Northeastern United States and granted in Eagle Bridge, New York. They had ten children, five of whom survived infancy. She embroidered pictures following yarn, until disabled by arthritis.