When did Grandma Moses start painting?

1936 at the age of 76.

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OK, but the catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Grandma Moses: Grandmother to the Nation" states: "In 1935 an exhibition of Moses' paintings in a 'women's exchange' organized by the Thomas Drug Store in Hoosick Falls, New York, caught the interest and attention of New York collector Louis J. Caldor. . . ." Since she was born 9/7/1860, this would make her 75 at most when she started painting, and almost certainly younger.

This article

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35207.asp

states: "In 1932, Anna Mary [i.e. Grandma] went a short distance to Bennington, Vermont to care for her daughter Anna, who was suffering from tuberculosis. Anna showed her mother an embroidered picture and challenged her mother to duplicate it. Anna Mary took up the challenge and began a hobby of stitching pictures in this way. When Anna Mary complained of arthritis and the difficulty she was having with embroidery, her sister Celestia suggested painting instead."

So she started painting sometime between 1932 and 1935, most likely in 1933 or 1934.

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