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1、GrandmaMosesAnnaMaryRobertsonMoses(September7,1860–December13,1961),betterknownas"GrandmaMoses",wasarenownedAmericanfolkartist.Sheisoftencitedasanexampleofanindividualsuccessfullybeginningacareerintheartsatanadvancedage.Althoughherfamilyandfriendscalledhereither"MotherMos
2、es"or"GrandmaMoses,"shefirstexhibitedas"Mrs.Moses,"yetthepresseagerlydubbedher"GrandmaMoses,"whichstuck."LIFEmagazinecelebratedher100thbirthdaybyfeaturingheronitsSeptember19,1960cover.GrandmaMoses’earlylifeGrandmaMoseswasbornonSeptember7,1860,onafarminGreenwich,upstateNew
3、York,oneofafamilyof10children.Attheageof27,shemarrieda"hiredman,"ThomasSalmonMoses,andthecoupleestablishedthemselvesonafarminVirginiawheretheyspentnearlytwodecades.Duringthistimeshegavebirthto10children,fiveofwhomdiedininfancy.In1905,thecouplereturnedtoNewYorkandsettledin
4、EagleBridge,notfarfromAnnaMary'sbirthplace.In1927herhusbandThomasdiedbutshecontinuedtofarmwiththehelpofheryoungestsonuntiladvancingageforcedhertoretiretoadaughter'shomein1936.Often,duringheryoungerdaysasawifeandmother,shehadbeencreativeinherhomeusinghousepaint,forexample,
5、todecorateafireboard（壁炉遮板）-butherearliestworksusedembroidery（刺绣）ratherthanpaint.Herembroideredpicturesweremuchadmiredbyfriendsandrelatives,sowheneventualarthritis（关节炎）madeitpainfultowieldaneedle,hersistersuggestedthatitmightbeeasiertopaint-thepivotalsuggestionthatspurredh
6、erpaintingcareerinherlate70s.GrandmaMoses’PaintingShepaintedmostlyscenesofrurallife.Steinnotesthat“hersenseofaccomplishmentinherpaintingwasrootedinherabilitytomake‘somethingfromnothing’,asLucyLipparddefinedtheaestheticsofwomen‘s’hobbyart‘in1978.”SteinconsidersMoses’quilti
7、ngwork,forwhichshetransformedclothscrapsintousefulandbeautifulobjects.GrandmaMoses'paintingswereusedtopublicizenumerousAmericanholidays,includingThanksgiving,ChristmasandMother'sDay.That’sall!
