Grandma Moses Artwork Longstitch Needlepoint Kit Window Studio

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses, stands alone in the history of American art. Few artists past or present have ever equalled her in popularity. Her world-reknowned paintings have been exhibited all across the country, reproduced on countless greeting cards and calendars, and featured in numberous books and magazines.

The famous "Grandma Moses style" actually originated from the artist’s own needlework experiences. A home maker long before she became a painter, Moses began by creating embroidered pictures as gifts for friends and family. Born in 1860, she spent most of her life attending to farm chores, and had no time to paint until she was an old woman. When she died in 1961 at the age of 101, Grandma Moses, a personification of the adage "it’s never too late" had been universally acclaimed as a great artist, creator of one of the true, original American folk art styles.

We are so pleased and proud to be able to present this rare find for the longstitch needlepoint artist "From the Window."

Grandma's studio was in her bedroom, on the top floor of a rickety old farmhouse. From her window, she could see the rolling hills of New York's Hoosick Valley.When I paint," she wrote, "I study and study the outside lots of times. Often I get at a loss to know just what shade of green, and there are a hundred trees that each have three or four sades of green in them."

Size: 14" x 18" ( 36 x 46 cm)

Kit contains: 100% cotton 12 mesh canvas approx 18" x 22" with design printed in full color, 100% acrylic Persian type yanr, needle, and complete illustrated instructions. Proudly made in the USA

Artist: Grandma Moses
Manufacturer: Paragon Needlecraft
Year/Condition:1983/Vintage New in slightly shopworn packaging