
Grandma Moses
American Modern
Skira Rizzoli (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 14. June 2016
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-8478-4923-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"'Moses is literally discovered by New York modernists,' says Denenberg, who, with Robert Wolterstorff . . . organized Grandma Moses: American Modern [exhibit]" -Hyperallergic.comMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Rizzoli International Publications
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
160 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 274 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1122 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8478-4923-9 (9780847849239)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
Contributions
Foreword