Grandma Moses, whose real name was
Anna Mary Robertson, was a renowned American folk artist. She was born on
September 7,
1860, and died on
December 13,
1961, at the age of 101. She began
painting in
1938 after abandoning a career in
embroidery because of
arthritis.
Smithsonian article on Grandma Moses (http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/apr01/moses.html)