Anna Mary Robertson Moses

"Grandma Moses"
1860-1961

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS cont.
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Vocabulary More Paintings (continued from card 1a)

Definitions 3 Building A Barn 1951 22b
Worksheets 4 Cambridge Valley 1943 23a
Answer Key 6 Cambridge Valley in Winter 1944 23b
Casemovia Lake 1948 24a
Introduction Country Fair 1950 24b
Short Biography of Grandma Moses 7 Country Lane in Winter 1950's 25a
Grandma Moses' Work 9 Country Wedding 1951 25b
Early Fall 1959 26a
Early Skating 1950's 26b
Most Notable
Early Springtime on the Farm 1945 27a
Sugaring Off, 1943 15a
Good Fun 1957 27b
Wash Day, 1945 15b
Halloween 1955 28a
A Beautiful World, 1948 16a
Horse Shoeing 1952 28b
The Thunderstorm, 1948 16b
Hoosick Falls in Winter 1944 29a
The Old Checkered House in Winter, 1950 17a
Hoosick River 1952 29b
Black Horses, 1942 17b
In Green Mountains 1946 30a
Out for the Christmas Trees, 1946 18a
Joy Ride 1953 30b
The Old Oaken Bucket, 1945 18b
July Harvest Time 1945 31a
From My Window, 1949 19a
Lots of Fun 1961 31b
Making Apple Butter, 1958 19b
Maple Bush 1953 32a
March 1956 32b
More Paintings by Grandma Moses McDonnell Farm 1943 33a
A Fine Gobbler 1948 20a Moving Day on the Farm 1951 33b
All is Quiet 1960 20b Old Covered Bridge, Woodstock, Vermont 1944 34a
Bennington 1945 21a Out for the Christmas Tree 1956 34b
Betsey Russell Home 1948 21b Over the Bridge to Grandma's House 1942 35a
Better Going Over the Hill 1950 22a

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More Paintings (continued from card 1b) Misc. Graphics (continued from card 1a)
Over the River to Grandma 1945 35b B&W Photo of Grandma Moses 47b
Over the River to Grandma's House Grandma Moses' Signature 47b
on Thanksgiving Day 1943 36a Grandma Moses' Grave Stone 47b
Quiet Day 1951 36b
Quilting Bee 1950 37a Grandma Moses Quotes 48
See the Kite 1955 37b
Spring Flower 1960 38a
Q&A
Sugaring Off 1945 38b
Discussion Questions 49
The Burning of Troy in 1862 1943 39a
Question & Answer 50
The Old Bridge in the Valley 1944 39b
Paragraph Writing 51
The Old Checkered House 1944 40a
Chart 52
The Old Checkered House 1959 40b
The Old Oaken Bucket 1943 41a
The Old Oaken Bucket, the last 1947 41b Links 53
The Pond 1950 42a
The Tramp at Christmas 1945 42b Fun Stuff
Turk, Turk 1954 43a Coloring Pages 54
Waiting for Christmas 1960 43b Mazes 58
Washington County 1942 44a Word Search 66
Watering Hole 1954 44b
When Leaves Turn 1943 45a

Miscellaneous Graphics
6¢ U.S. Postage Stamp 1969 45b
Time Cover 1953 46a
Life Cover 1960 46b
Photo of Grandma Moses Painting 47a
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 GRANDMA MOSES VOCABULARY
arthritis – inflammation of a joint, often
accompanied by pain
bucolic – suggesting an idyllic (simple, unspoiled,
carefree) rural life; pastoral (pasture, rural, country)
creative – imaginative, having the quality of
creating, originality of thought
characterize – to describe a trait, mark, or quality
of something
Currier & Ives – publishers of popular prints
depicting a variety of images of American life from
1834 until 1907
decade – a period of 10 years
diminish – to decrease, make smaller
embroider – to decorate fabric with designs using
yarn or colored thread
festive – joyous; merry
folk art – art from the common people of a region
folk artist – a self-taught artist with no formal art
training
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immense – vast; huge; very great
influence – to affect another's action, behavior, or
opinions
perspective – a scene extending to a distance
pre-industrial – before the period of industry
(mass production and manufacturing)
prolific – producing many, highly fruitful, abundant
realistic – resembling real life
rural – of the country (not city or suburbs)
portray – to picture, describe, represent, show
reminiscent – awakening memories of something
similar; suggestive
signature – any unique, distinguishing aspect,
feature, or mark that indicates identity
technique – the method an artist uses to create a
desired effect
unique – not typical; unusual
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 GRANDMA MOSES VOCABULARY WORKSHEET 1

1. _____ arthritis A. art from the common people of a region

2. _____ creative B. to decorate fabric with designs using yarn or colored thread

3. _____ decade C. a self-taught artist with no formal art training

4. _____ diminish D. to decrease, make smaller

5. _____ embroider E. not typical; unusual

6. _____ festive F. imaginative, having the quality of creating, originality of thought

7. _____ folk art G. of the country

8. _____ folk artist H. resembling real life

9. _____ realistic I. inflammation of a joint, often accompanied by pain

10. _____ rural J. joyous; merry

11. _____ unique K. a period of 10 years

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 GRANDMA MOSES
September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as

"Grandma Moses", was a famous American folk
artist. Grandma Moses is one of the most
important self-taught artists of the 20th century.
Her unique style proved immensely popular,
Anna Mary Robertson and its influence may be seen in art to this day.
Moses folk art: art from the common people of a region

“Grandma Moses” folk artist: a self-taught artist with no formal art

training
1952
unique: not typical; unusual
immense: vast; huge; very great
influence: to affect another's action, behavior, or
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 Wash Day
1945
Sugaring Off
1943

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 Country Lane in Winter Country Wedding
1950's 1951

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 QUOTES FROM GRANDMA MOSES (1)
If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised
chickens.
A primitive artist is an amateur whose work
sells.
Paintin's not important. The important thing is
keepin' busy.
I look out the window sometimes to seek the
color of the shadows and the different greens in
the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just
close my eyes and imagine a scene.
I paint from the top down. From the sky, then
the mountains, then the hills, then the houses,
then the cattle, and then the people.
Life is what we make it, always has been,
always will be.
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QUOTES FROM GRANDMA MOSES (2)
A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks
backward, and the other forward; one is of
today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history
recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it
paints pictures of the past and of the day.
Now that I am ninety-five years old, looking
back over the years, I have seen many changes
taking place, so many inventions have been
made. Things now go faster. In olden times
things were not so rushed. I think people were
more content, more satisfied with life than they
are today. You don’t hear nearly as much
laughter and shouting as you did in my day, and
what was fun for us wouldn’t be fun now.... In
this age I don’t think people are as happy, they
are worried. They’re too anxious to get ahead of
their neighbors, they are striving and striving to
get something better. I do think in a way that
they have too much now. We did with much
less.
I look back on my life like a good day's work; it
was done and I am satisfied with it.
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 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (2)
(Comparisons between 2 paintings)
1. What colors are used in this painting?
2. Are they warm colors or cool colors? Select 2 paintings:
• two by Grandma Moses with the same title
3. What’s going on in this picture? but painted at different times
4. What do you see in this painting? • Pieter Brueghel's Hunters in the Snow or
Landscape with a Bird Trap with one from
5. What do you think the artist was trying to tell Grandma Moses
us about this place? • two by Grandma Moses, one from the early
1940's and another one painted in the late
6. Why do you think the artist might have 1950's or 1960
made a picture like this? • one painting by Grandma Moses and one
from another artist
7. Do you like this painting? Why?
8. Is there anything you do not like about this How are the pictures similar and how are they
different? Compare the following traits as well as
painting?
any others you find:
9. Can you make up a story about this • colors
painting? • brush strokes
• perspective
10. What is the name of the artist? • subject or theme
11. What is the name of the painting? • mood
• time period
12. When was this picture painted?
• location
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Help Grandma Moses find a pretty scene to paint.

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