Anna Mary Moses spent the last twenty years of her life as a beloved and celebrated artist after a hobby became an occupation in the most astonishing way.
Anna Mary Moses was born when Abraham Lincoln was president and died when John Kennedy was; she lived through one Civil, and two World wars, and was one of the first women in the US to legally vote. Because her life was so full, she didn’t take up painting as her primary hobby until she was in her 70s, and was on a rocketship of world fame as a celebrated artist until she was in her 80s.
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Time Travel With The History Chicks
Books!
Her autobiography, Grandma Moses: My life’s history, is available to read online if your library doesn’t have a copy.
Web!
Mount Nebo where her great-great-great grandson Will Moses sells his own art (that bears a familial resemblance to his g-g-g-grandma’s.)
The Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont not only has the largest collection of Grandma Moses’ paintings, and the schoolhouse, which is now full of her work and family memorabilia.
If you would like to start a tumble down a Currier and Ives rabbit hole, you can start here on Old Print Shop, Ohio Memories, or here on Passion for the Past.
Travel!
Moving Pictures!
A very short documentary of her –with her participation in telling the story of her life from 1950.It’s free on Vimeo.
Our 2026 Field Trips to Italy (10/7- 10/16) and to the Loire Valley (8/23-31) are both now open for registration! Visit Like Minds Travel for more information and to register! We can’t wait to travel with you!
