Biography of grandma moses
Biography of grandma moses
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Moses, Grandma
Born: September 7, 1860
Greenwich, New York
Died: December 13, 1961
Eagle Bridge, New York
American painter
Grandma Moses was one of America's best-known primitive painters (artists who did not receive a formal art education).
Anna Mary's youth
Anna Mary Robertson was born in Greenwich, New York, on September 7, 1860, the third of ten children born to Russell King Robertson, a farmer, and Margaret Shannahan.
She had a happy childhood and worked hard on their family farm. Her father enjoyed seeing the children's drawings and would buy them large sheets of blank newspaper upon which they could draw.
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The young Anna Mary loved to draw happy, colorful scenes. She only attended school in the summer due to the cold and her lack of warm clothing. At twelve she began earning her living as a hired girl at homes near the family farm.
In 1887 Anna Mary married a farm worker, Thomas S.
Moses, and the couple settled on a farm in Virginia. They had ten children, five of