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The Battle of Bennington (Grandma Moses)

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71: 119:, which is impossibly reflected in the Hoosic river, which winds around on the side of the battlefield and flows beneath her beloved covered bridge of Cambridge. The winding river and the shadow of the monument suggest the artist's intent to connect the events of the battle with larger activities involved in the 127:
in 1953, it was rejected for having the modern monument included. In typical Grandma Moses fashion, she did not retouch the painting but obligingly painted another one, which was accepted and most recently put on show and featured in the 2012 "By, For, and Of the People: Folk Art and Americana"
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a 1953 painting of the town of Bennington by Grandma Moses in the Bennington Museum, featuring a relocation of the monument next to the museum itself.
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This painting is one of five Bennington-related paintings that Grandma Moses made, three of which are in the Bennington collection.
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of all three Bennington paintings by Grandma Moses in the Bennington collection, by a museum docent, 26 May 26, 2022
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in the 1975 abridged version of Otto Kallir's 1973 catalogue raisonné
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Grandma Moses
Oil paint
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outsider
Grandma Moses
Bennington Museum
Battle of Bennington
Bennington Battle Monument
Saratoga campaign
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR Museum
Galerie St. Etienne
Bennington
Painting record for 2014.40
Slide show
Youtube presentation
Image of the painting
Otto Kallir
Grandma Moses record book
Categories
Paintings by Grandma Moses
1953 paintings
Paintings in the Bennington Museum

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