Designs on the Heart: The Homemade Art of Grandma Moses

by Karal Ann Marling

It is a story that has gone down in the annals of American art history: a New Yorker visiting upstate Hoosick Falls is entranced by four pictures hanging in the window of a drugstore. Investigating further, he learns they are the handiwork of a 78-year-old widow. Thus begins the rise to fame of Grandma Moses--farmwife, painter, and unlikely celebrity.

In this book Karal Ann Marling, distinguished observer of American visual culture, looks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674022262
• ISBN13: 9780674022263
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The unknown Grandma Moses.

This is a well written biographical book containing information about Grandma Moses that anyone who loves her and her art will get many hours of enjoyment from reading. Many reasons not to let any grass grow under your rocking chair are contained with in this book. Enjoy!

Designs on the Heart

Interesting and lovingly written by Karal Ann Marling on the life of Grandma Moses...Viewing the numerous pictures throughout were a treasure to me. This book will have a special place in my home library.