- Artist who began her career at age 77.
- Only 5 of her 10 children survived childhood.
- Copy of detail from her painting 'July Fourth' is pictured on a 6¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in her honor, 11 September 1968.
- Moses' work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards.
- Norman Rockwell and Grandma Moses were friends who lived over the Vermont-New York state border from each other. Moses lived in Eagle Bridge, New York and after 1938 the Rockwells had a house in nearby Arlington, Vermont.[25] She appears on the far left edge in the Norman Rockwell painting Christmas Homecoming, which was printed on The Saturday Evening Post's December 25, 1948, cover.
- She was also awarded two honorary doctoral degrees.
- In November 2006, her 1943 work Sugaring Off became her highest-selling work at US $1.2 million.
- A 1942 piece, The Old Checkered House, 1862, was appraised at the Memphis 2004 Antiques Roadshow. It was not as common as her winter landscapes. Originally purchased in the 1940s for under $10,[20] the piece was assigned an insurance value of $60,000 by the appraiser, Alan Fausel.
- She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age.
- President John F. Kennedy memorialized her: "The death of Grandma Moses removed a beloved figure from American life. The directness and vividness of her paintings restored a primitive freshness to our perception of the American scene. Both her work and her life helped our nation renew its pioneer heritage and recall its roots in the countryside and on the frontier. All Americans mourn her loss.".
- The character Daisy "Granny" Moses (Irene Ryan) on The Beverly Hillbillies, was named as an homage to Grandma Moses, who died shortly before the series began.
- Her autobiography, titled My Life's History, was published in 1952.
- Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953, was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary.
- Moses was a live-in housekeeper for a total of 15 years, starting at age 12. An employer noticed her appreciation for their prints made by Currier and Ives, and they supplied her with drawing materials.
- Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist.
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