Description:
agriculture; animal; outdoor; work; rural
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Born in Greenwich, New York, Anna Mary Robertson spent most of her life as a farm girl in upstate new York. Her father would give her and her siblings sheets of newsprint to draw on when taking a break from farm duties. Even as a child, her skill was recognized, but she was encouraged to pay more attention to chores of cooking and keeping house. She married young, had ten children, and worked her husband's dairy farm in Staunton, Virginia. She did not begin to paint until 1930, exhibiting her work at fairs and church bazaars. She was eventually "discovered" by an art collector who saw her paintings in the window of a drug store in Hoosick Falls, New York. Through his efforts to introduce her work to New York galleries, Moses gained popularity and recognition when her work was shown at a Thanksgiving festival in Gimbels department store. She often copied Currier and Ives prints, particularly in her earlier works.
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