One of the best-known artists of her time, and a true American legend, Anna Mary Robertson Grandma Moses (1860-1961) was often marginalized as a latter-day folk painter or a phenomenon of popular media. Accompanying a traveling exhibition, this new book looks closely at the paintings themselves and the artist's compelling biography to reassert her role in the development of a culture of modernist art at mid-century. Presenting fresh research, several scholars examine Moses's name, public persona, painted world, and wildly popular place in American pop culture; address the myth of the self-taught artist; and contextualize her work alongside such contemporaries as Horace Pippin, Elie Nadelman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Morris Hirshfield.

About the Author
Thomas Denenberg is the director of the Shelburne Museum. Robert Wolterstorff is the director and Jamie Franklin is curator at the Bennington Museum. Diana Korzenik is professor emerita at the Massachusetts College of Art. Alexander Nemerov is professor of art history at Stanford University.

Reviews
"'Moses is literally discovered by New York modernists,' says Denenberg, who, with Robert Wolterstorff . . . organized Grandma Moses: American Modern [exhibit]" -Hyperallergic.com



Book Information
ISBN 9780847849239
Author Thomas Denenberg
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Skira Rizzoli
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
Weight(grams) 1094g
Dimensions(mm) 274mm * 274mm * 18mm