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The
History Buff,17509 Bearpath Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 or
Palm Beach, Florida, 33480 |
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- Grandma
Moses
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- Famed
American Folk Artist
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- Signed
Christmas Card
- SOLD
- Grandma Moses (1860-1961).. Moses was a renowned American folk
artist.She was born Anna Mary Robertson in Greenwich, New York.As
a child, she used fruit juice to paint on pieces of wood or materials
her father brought home for her. He brought the other children
candy, but she preferred drawing supplies because "it lasted
longer than candy."She spent most of her life as a farmer's
wife and the mother of 5 children. She married Thomas Solomon
Moses in 1887. They lived in the Shenandoah Valley before settling
in Eagle Bridge, New York.She began painting in her seventies
after abandoning a career in embroidery because of arthritis.Her
artwork was discovered by Louis J. Caldor, a collector who noticed
her paintings in a Hoosick Falls drugstore window in 1938. In
1939 an art dealer named Otto Kallir exhibited some of her work
at his Galerie Saint-Etienne in New York. This brought her to
the attention of art collectors all over the world, and her paintings
were highly sought after. She went on to have exhibitions of
her work throughout Europe and even in Japan, where her work
was particularly well received. She continued her prolific output
of paintings, the demand for which never diminished during her
lifetime.
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- Grandma Moses won numerous awards
for he paintings which were commercially very successful selling
in the 5-6 figure range.
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- The Christmas card offered here
is of a typical size 4.5 in. x 3.5 in.and the front cover says
merry Christmas as shown . The card is in fine condition with
a bold, clear signature , Grandma Moses , circa
1950.
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- Price:$OLD
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The History Buff
17509 Bearpath Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 or
Palm Beach, Florida 33480 |
eMail: TheHistBuff@aol.com
Phone:
952-937-0325 or 561-366-8255
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