Grandma Moses
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Grandma Moses was a celebrated American folk artist known for her nostalgic, primitive-style paintings of rural life created later in her life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grandma Moses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Grandma Moses Context triple: [Naïve art, notableArtist, Grandma Moses]
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Maud Lewis
Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist celebrated for her brightly colored, cheerful paintings depicting rural Nova Scotia life despite living in poverty and with severe arthritis.
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Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley was an American muralist, illustrator, and stained-glass artist renowned for her large-scale public works and as one of the first prominent female mural painters in the United States.
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Alma Thomas
Alma Thomas was an influential African American abstract painter known for her vibrant, mosaic-like color field compositions and her pioneering role as a Black woman artist in the mid-20th-century American art world.
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D.
Loïs Mailou Jones
Loïs Mailou Jones was an influential African American painter and educator whose long career spanned the Harlem Renaissance to the late 20th century, known for her vibrant, culturally rich works and her role in advancing Black artists in the United States and abroad.
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E.
Isabel Bishop
Isabel Bishop was a prominent American painter and printmaker associated with the 20th-century realist tradition, best known for her depictions of everyday urban life in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Grandma Moses Target entity description: Grandma Moses was a celebrated American folk artist known for her nostalgic, primitive-style paintings of rural life created later in her life.
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A.
Maud Lewis
Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist celebrated for her brightly colored, cheerful paintings depicting rural Nova Scotia life despite living in poverty and with severe arthritis.
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B.
Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley was an American muralist, illustrator, and stained-glass artist renowned for her large-scale public works and as one of the first prominent female mural painters in the United States.
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C.
Alma Thomas
Alma Thomas was an influential African American abstract painter known for her vibrant, mosaic-like color field compositions and her pioneering role as a Black woman artist in the mid-20th-century American art world.
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D.
Loïs Mailou Jones
Loïs Mailou Jones was an influential African American painter and educator whose long career spanned the Harlem Renaissance to the late 20th century, known for her vibrant, culturally rich works and her role in advancing Black artists in the United States and abroad.
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E.
Isabel Bishop
Isabel Bishop was a prominent American painter and printmaker associated with the 20th-century realist tradition, best known for her depictions of everyday urban life in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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folk artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | primitive style ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Women’s National Press Club Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beganPaintingCareer | in her late 70s ⓘ |
| birthName | Anna Mary Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| childrenSurvivingToAdulthood | 5 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-09-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961-12-13 ⓘ |
| depicts |
American countryside
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farm life ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| familyName | Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredOn | U.S. postage stamp ⓘ |
| fullName | Anna Mary Robertson Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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landscape painting ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anna
NERFINISHED
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Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Grandma ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Bennington Museum
NERFINISHED
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Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownForLateLifeCareer | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriedName | Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
folk art
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naïve art ⓘ |
| name | Grandma Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nostalgic depictions of country scenes
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paintings of rural American life ⓘ winter landscapes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Catchin’ the Turkey
NERFINISHED
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Hoosick Falls in Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugaring Off NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Checkered House NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quilting Bee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Greenwich, New York
NERFINISHED
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Washington County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hoosick Falls, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Eagle Bridge, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Thomas Salmon Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Eagle Bridge, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Grandma Moses Description of subject: Grandma Moses was a celebrated American folk artist known for her nostalgic, primitive-style paintings of rural life created later in her life.
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