《Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art》Special Exhibition Grandma Moses Exhibition - Wonderful 100 Years of Life

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961), nicknamed Grandma Moses (Grandma Moses), is known as an American national painter. Moses, an unknown farmer, began painting in earnest in her 70s, and opened her first solo exhibition in New York at the age of 80. He quickly became a popular painter due to his unique career, and works that depict everyday life, seasonal events, landscapes reflected in front of his eyes, etc. with simple brushwork, etc., but he lived solid days as a farmer throughout his life, 101 He left over 1,600 works until the year he died at the age of
This exhibition, which was planned for the 160th anniversary of his birth, will exhibit about 130 works including the first public exhibition in Japan, such as masterpieces drawn at the age of 100 from the earliest works, embroidered paintings, and favorite items and related materials that tell the story of Moses's life.
The museum will be the final venue for this exhibition, which traveled to Osaka, Nagoya, Shizuoka, and Tokyo since April last year.
Please take this opportunity to see the world of Grandma Moses, who loved nature and simple living, and lived a wonderful 100-year life with strength and sincerity in the “100-year life era”.