Artist:

Grandma Moses, born Greenwich, NY 1860-died Hoosick Falls, NY 1961  Search this

Medium:

oil and tempera on high-density fiberboard

Dimensions:

16 1/8 × 20 1/8 in. (41 × 51.1 cm)

Type:

Painting

Folk Art

Date:

1958

Luce Center Label:

Grandma Moses painted many winter scenes of farm life in which adults and children happily do their chores and play in the snow. She painted only cheerful images that were based on her memories of growing up on a farm and of being a farmwife herself. In this painting the people talking and laughing together evoke a nostalgic ideal of community life, which the artist emphasized through small stylized buildings and bright colors. The buildings and looping fences create a two-dimensional pattern on the pure white snow that underscores the picturesque, storybook scene.

Topic:

Figure group  Search this

Landscape\weather\snow  Search this

Landscape\town  Search this

Ceremony\holiday\Christmas  Search this

Architecture\vehicle\sleigh  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\house  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Nelson Brower in memory of Charles H. and Elizabeth N. Brower

Copyright:

© Grandma Moses Properties

Object number:

2015.49

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7aa56c4dc-552c-4f02-a505-2989abd48506

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2015.49