Grandma Moses, the Glossary

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1. 97 relations: A Fire in the Woods (Grandma Moses), Academy Awards, Antiques Roadshow, Arlington, Vermont, Art exhibition, Arthritis, Bennington (Grandma Moses), Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont, Black Horses (Grandma Moses), Brooklyn Museum, Calcium hydroxide, Checkered House (Grandma Moses), Christie's, Christmas, Country Fair (Grandma Moses), Currier and Ives, Daughters of the American Revolution, Eagle Bridge, New York, Edward R. Murrow, Embroidery, Figge Art Museum, Fireboard, Flax mill, Folk art, Galerie St. Etienne, Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City, Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862), Greenwich (town), New York, Hallmark Cards, Harry S. Truman, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Honorary degree, Hoosick Falls in Winter (Grandma Moses), Hoosick Falls, New York, Irene Ryan, Jerome Hill, John F. Kennedy, July Fourth (Grandma Moses), Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Life (magazine), Lucy R. Lippard, Mademoiselle (magazine), Mayflower Society, McDonnell Farm (Grandma Moses), Memorial Art Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Moore College of Art and Design, Mother's Day (United States), Mount Airy (Verona, Virginia), ... Expand index (47 more) »

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A Fire in the Woods (Grandma Moses)

A Fire in the Woods is a 1947 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 87 and signed "Moses".

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people (generally speaking).

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Arlington, Vermont

Arlington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.

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Art exhibition

An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience.

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Arthritis

Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints.

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Bennington (Grandma Moses)

Bennington is a 1953 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 93 and signed "Moses".

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Bennington Museum

The Bennington Museum is an accredited museum with notable collections of art and regional history.

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Bennington, Vermont

Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.

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Black Horses (Grandma Moses)

Black Horses, or Lower Cambridge Valley is a 1942 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 82 and signed "Moses".

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Calcium hydroxide

Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2.

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Checkered House (Grandma Moses)

Checkered House is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses".

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Christie's

Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Country Fair (Grandma Moses)

Country Fair is a 1950 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 89 and signed "Moses".

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Currier and Ives

Currier and Ives was a New York City-based printmaking business operating from 1835 to 1907.

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Daughters of the American Revolution

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War.

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Eagle Bridge, New York

Eagle Bridge is a hamlet in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

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Edward R. Murrow

Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.

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Embroidery

Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.

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Figge Art Museum

The Figge Art Museum is located on the north bank of the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

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Fireboard

A fireboard or chimney board is a panel designed to cover a fireplace during the warm months of the year.

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Flax mill

Flax mills are mills which process flax.

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Folk art

Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture.

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Galerie St. Etienne

Galerie St.

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Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City

Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City is a 1946 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 86 and signed "Moses".

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Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862)

Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862) is a 1959 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 99 and signed "Moses".

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Greenwich (town), New York

Greenwich is a town in the southwestern part of Washington County, New York, United States.

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Hallmark Cards

Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Hoosick Falls in Winter (Grandma Moses)

Hoosick Falls in Winter is a 1944 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 84 and signed "Moses".

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Hoosick Falls, New York

Hoosick Falls is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

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Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblitt, Noblett, or Noblette; October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress and comedian who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway.

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Jerome Hill

James Jerome Hill II (March 2, 1905 – November 21, 1972) was an American filmmaker and artist known for his award-winning documentary and experimental films, one of which won him an Academy Award.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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July Fourth (Grandma Moses)

July Fourth is a 1951 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 91 and signed "Moses".

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Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Mississippi's first art museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi, United States.

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Life (magazine)

Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.

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Lucy R. Lippard

Lucy Rowland Lippard (born April 14, 1937) is an American writer, art critic, activist, and curator.

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Mademoiselle (magazine)

Mademoiselle was a women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street & Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications.

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Mayflower Society

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants — commonly called the Mayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from at least one of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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McDonnell Farm (Grandma Moses)

The McDonnell Farm is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses".

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Memorial Art Gallery

The Memorial Art Gallery is a civic art museum in Rochester, New York.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Moore College of Art and Design

Moore College of Art & Design is a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Mother's Day (United States)

Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May.

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Mount Airy (Verona, Virginia)

Mount Airy, also known as the Grandma Moses House and Major James Crawford House, is a historic home located at Verona, Augusta County, Virginia.

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Muscarelle Museum of Art

The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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My Hills of Home (Grandma Moses)

My Hills of Home is a 1941 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 81 and signed "Moses".

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Nancy Reagan

Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress who was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.

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National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.

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National Press Club (United States)

The National Press Club is a professional organization and social community in Washington, D.C. for journalists and communications professionals.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford.

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Norman Rockwell

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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One-room school

One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain.

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Otto Kallir

Otto Kallir (born Otto Nirenstein, April 1, 1894, in Vienna – November 30, 1978, in New York) was an Austrian-American art historian, author, publisher, and gallerist.

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Perspective (graphical)

Linear or point-projection perspective is one of two types of graphical projection perspective in the graphic arts; the other is parallel projection.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (– 9 September 1569) was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.

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Potato chip

A potato chip (NAmE and AuE; often just chip) or crisp (BrE and IrE) is a thin slice of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy.

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Randolph College

Randolph College is a private liberal arts and sciences college in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Rhode Island School of Design Museum

The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD Museum) is an art museum integrated with the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, Rhode Island, US.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Russell Sage College

Russell Sage College (often Russell Sage or RSC) is a co-educational college with two campuses located in Albany and Troy, New York, approximately north of New York City in the Capital District.

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See It Now

See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958.

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Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Staunton, Virginia

Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Sugaring Off (Grandma Moses)

Sugaring Off is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses".

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Sugaring Off (Grandma Moses, 442)

Sugaring Off is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses".

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines.

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Thanksgiving Turkey (Grandma Moses)

Thanksgiving Turkey is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses".

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The Battle of Bennington (Grandma Moses)

The Battle of Bennington is a 1953 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 93 and signed "Moses".

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The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971.

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The Departure (Grandma Moses)

The Departure is a 1951 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 91 and signed "Moses".

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Old Checkered House, 1853

The Old Checkered House, 1853 is a 1946 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 86 and signed "Moses".

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The Old Covered Bridge (Grandma Moses)

The Old Covered Bridge is a circa 1941 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 81 and signed "Moses".

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The Old Oaken Bucket (Grandma Moses)

The Old Oaken Bucket is a 1945 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 85 and signed "Moses".

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The Old Oaken Bucket, The Last

The Old Oaken Bucket, The Last is a 1947 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 86 and signed "Moses".

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The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.

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The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art is a visual arts institution that is part of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.

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University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States.

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Verona, Virginia

Verona is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

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Wagon Repair Shop (Grandma Moses)

Wagon Repair Shop is a 1960 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 100 and signed "Moses".

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Wash Day (Grandma Moses)

Wash Day is a 1945 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 85 and signed "Moses".

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What a Farmwife Painted, 1940

What a Farmwife Painted was the first solo exhibition of works by Grandma Moses at the Galerie St. Etienne in October 1940.

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White Christmas (Grandma Moses)

White Christmas is a 1954 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 94 and signed "Moses".

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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668 St. Cloud Road

668 St.

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See also

Textile artists from New York (state)

• Adella Colvin
• Alice Adams (artist)
• Anna Zilboorg
• Caroline Townsend
• Debbie Stoller
• Dindga McCannon
• Elaine Reichek
• Ellen Oppenheimer
• Erin M. Riley
• Ethel Stein
• Faith Ringgold
• Grandma Moses
• Helen West Heller
• Holcha Krake
• Jessie Catherine Kinsley
• Jordan Nassar
• Kate Kretz
• Laura Splan
• Lenore Tawney
• Lili Blumenau
• Lydia Bush-Brown
• Mark Adams (artist)
• Martha Ann Honeywell
• Mary Walker Phillips
• Melissa Zexter
• Nell Znamierowski
• Nicky Epstein
• Norma Minkowitz
• Polly Barton
• Rose Piper
• Sarah Zapata
• Sophie and Harwood Steiger
• Susan Lydon
• Susanna Lewis

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses

Also known as 'Grandma' Moses, Anna "Grandma" Moses, Anna Mary Moses, Anna Mary Robertson, Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Moses, Anna ‘‘Grandma" Moses, Grandma Anne Mary Moses, Grandmother Moses.

, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, My Hills of Home (Grandma Moses), Nancy Reagan, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Press Club (United States), National Register of Historic Places, Nelson Rockefeller, Norman Rockwell, Ochre, One-room school, Otto Kallir, Perspective (graphical), Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Potato chip, Randolph College, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Ronald Reagan, Russell Sage College, See It Now, Shenandoah Valley, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Staunton, Virginia, Sugaring Off (Grandma Moses), Sugaring Off (Grandma Moses, 442), Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Turkey (Grandma Moses), The Battle of Bennington (Grandma Moses), The Beverly Hillbillies, The Departure (Grandma Moses), The New York Times, The Old Checkered House, 1853, The Old Covered Bridge (Grandma Moses), The Old Oaken Bucket (Grandma Moses), The Old Oaken Bucket, The Last, The Phillips Collection, The Saturday Evening Post, Time (magazine), University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, University of Rochester, Verona, Virginia, Wagon Repair Shop (Grandma Moses), Wash Day (Grandma Moses), What a Farmwife Painted, 1940, White Christmas (Grandma Moses), White House, 668 St. Cloud Road.