Don't Forget "Grandma"!--Part 2

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Grandma (still too young to be called "grandma") began to exhibit her paintings, along with her homemade jams, at county fairs and craft shows.  "The preserves won prizes, but the pictures, as one newspaper put it, got the 'razzberry'."

In 1938, an New York art collector Louis Caldor saw one of Grandma Moses paintings in a drugstore.  Thus, Grandma Moses was "discovered" at age 77.  By age 80 she was hit!  In the 1940's and 50's, Grandma's paintings were a welcomed break from World War II and the cold war.

Grandma began a commercial success.  She became so big that the art world decided she wasn't to be taken seriously.  Now, 60 years after her drugstore discover, Grandma Moses is at last gaining art-world recognition.  Although the public always loved her, she is finally accepted everywhere.  Thus, the "Grandma Moses in the 21st Century" is a retrospective of her work.  Don't miss Grandma this time around!

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