A long-overdue reexamination of beloved American artist Grandma Moses, restoring her rightful place within the canon of mid-century American Art. One of the best-known artists of her time, and a true American legend, Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (18601961) 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 artists compelling biography to reassert her role in the development of a culture of modernist art at mid-century. Presenting fresh research, several scholars examine Mosess 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.
Grandma Moses: American Modern
Skira Rizzoli
$30.68 - $47.42
- UPC:
- 9780847849239
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 6/14/2016
- Release Date:
- 6/14/2016
- Author:
- Wolterstorff, Robert
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Pages:
- 128