Grandma Moses in the Twenty-First Century

by Jane Kallir; With contributions by Roger Cardinal, Michael D. Hall, Lynda Roscoe

• ISBN13: 9780300089271
• ISBN10: 0300089279
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-02-08
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

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 pl

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(2)
Lenders to the Exhibition	10	(1)
Participating Museums	11	(1)
Grandma Moses
Introduction: Rethinking Grandma Moses	12	(18)
Jane Kallir
Picturing Myth and Meaning for a Culture of Change	30	(18)
Michael D. Hall
The White-Haired Girl: A Feminist Reading	48	(16)
Judith E. Stein
Grandma Moses and the Implications of Memory	64	(16)
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
The Sense of Time and Place	80	(26)
Roger Cardinal
Catalogue	106	(146)
Jane Kallir
Notes to the Reader	109	(1)
Early Work and Development	110	(32)
Work and Happiness	142	(24)
Place and Nature	166	(44)
Play and Celebration	210	(24)
Late Work and ``Old-Age Style''	234	(18)
Biographical Chronology	252	(8)
Selected Bibliography	260	(2)
Index of Exhibited Works	262