Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008667251/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 35 of
35
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "From the Publisher: "Grandma Moses and her paintings first came to public attention in 1940, when she was 80 years old. Her folk art, down-home personality, and background as a farmer and homemaker charmed the American public. By the time she died at the age of 101, she had completed over 1600 works of art and had established an international reputation. The work of "the white-haired girl," a self-taught artist who was a regular news feature for two decades, remained enormously popular at home and abroad even in the years after her death." "For this reevaluation of the work of Grandma Moses, Jane Kallir contributes an authoritative introduction and presents a catalogue that illustrates 87 of Moses' most important works. Kallir traces Moses' development as an artist from the first embroidered landscapes to the glorious paintings of her "old-age style." The Grandma Moses myth is tackled from various perspectives. Roger Cardinal examines the artist's working methods, exploring the relationship between the actual regional landscape and her interpretation of the area. Michael D. Hall places Moses within the context of contemporary artistic and social movements of the 1940s and 1950s. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan reveals how memory and imagination merge in the paintings. And Judith E. Stein discusses the role of gender in shaping the artist's reputation in the postwar years."".
- catalog alternative "Grandma Moses in the twenty-first century".
- catalog contributor b12141854.
- catalog contributor b12141855.
- catalog contributor b12141856.
- catalog contributor b12141857.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description "From the Publisher: "Grandma Moses and her paintings first came to public attention in 1940, when she was 80 years old. Her folk art, down-home personality, and background as a farmer and homemaker charmed the American public. By the time she died at the age of 101, she had completed over 1600 works of art and had established an international reputation. The work of "the white-haired girl," a self-taught artist who was a regular news feature for two decades, remained enormously popular at home and abroad even in the years after her death." "For this reevaluation of the work of Grandma Moses, Jane Kallir contributes an authoritative introduction and presents a catalogue that illustrates 87 of Moses' most important works. Kallir traces Moses' development as an artist from the first embroidered landscapes to the glorious paintings of her "old-age style." The Grandma Moses myth is tackled from various perspectives. Roger Cardinal examines the artist's working methods, exploring the relationship between the actual regional landscape and her interpretation of the area. Michael D. Hall places Moses within the context of contemporary artistic and social movements of the 1940s and 1950s. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan reveals how memory and imagination merge in the paintings. And Judith E. Stein discusses the role of gender in shaping the artist's reputation in the postwar years."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-261) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : Rethinking Grandma Moses / Jane Kallir -- Picturing myth and meaning for a culture of change / Michael D. Hall -- The white-haired girl : a feminist reading / Judith E. Stein -- Grandma Moses and the implications of memory / Lynda Roscoe Hartigan -- The sense of time and place / Roger Cardinal -- Catalogue / Jane Kallir.".
- catalog extent "263 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Grandma Moses in the 21st century.".
- catalog identifier "088397133X (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Grandma Moses in the 21st century.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Alexandria, VA : Art Services International, in association with Yale University Press,".
- catalog relation "Grandma Moses in the 21st century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "759.13 21".
- catalog subject "Moses, Grandma, 1860-1961 Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "ND237.M78 A4 2001".
- catalog subject "ND237.M78 A4 2001X".
- catalog subject "Primitivism in art United States Exhibitions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Rethinking Grandma Moses / Jane Kallir -- Picturing myth and meaning for a culture of change / Michael D. Hall -- The white-haired girl : a feminist reading / Judith E. Stein -- Grandma Moses and the implications of memory / Lynda Roscoe Hartigan -- The sense of time and place / Roger Cardinal -- Catalogue / Jane Kallir.".
- catalog title "Grandma Moses in the 21st century / Jane Kallir ; with contributions by Roger Cardinal ... [et al.].".
- catalog title "Grandma Moses in the twenty-first century".
- catalog type "Ausstellung. swd".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "Washington (DC, 2001) swd".
- catalog type "text".