Grandma Moses: American Modern
Thomas Denenburg, Robert Wolterstorff, Jamie Franklin, Diana Korzenik, Alexander Nemerov

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 (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.

PRODUCT DETAILS
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher: Skira Rizzoli Productions
Product Dimensions: 10.50x0.50x10.50
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 128
Photos: 42
ISBN: 978-0-8478-4762-4