Editing Grandma Moses (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Anna Mary Robertson - 1860s.jpg|thumb|Anna Mary Robertson in the 1860s|left|240x240px]]
Anna Mary Robertson was born in [[Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich, New York]], on September 7, 1860; she was the third of ten children born to Margaret Shanahan Robertson and Russell King Robertson. She was raised with four sisters and five brothers. Her father ran a [[flax mill]] and was a farmer.<ref name=GSE /> She briefly attended a [[one-room school]].<ref name="NYT obit" /> That school is now the [[Bennington Museum]] in Vermont, which has the largest collection of her works in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christina Tree|author2=Diane E. Foulds|title=Explorer's Guide Vermont|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UX8TwYzQPIC&pg=PA123|date=June 1, 2009|publisher=Countryman Press|isbn=978-1-58157-822-5|page=123}}</ref> She was inspired to paint by taking art lessons at school. As a child, she started painting using lemon and grape juice to make colors for her "landscapes"<ref name="NYT obit" /> and used ground [[ochre|ocher]], grass, flour paste, [[Calcium hydroxide|slaked lime]], and sawdust.<ref name="Cheyney p. 110">{{cite book|author=Arnold B. Cheyney|title=People of Purpose: 80 People Who Have Made a Difference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9nl5Fl59C0C&pg=PA110|date=January 1, 1998|publisher=Good Year Books|isbn=978-0-673-36371-8|page=110}}</ref>

At age 12, she left home and performed farm chores for a wealthy neighboring family. She continued to keep house, cook, and sew for wealthy families for 15 years.<ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name=GSE>{{ cite web | url=http://www.gseart.com/Artists-Gallery/Moses-Anna-Mary-Robertson-Grandma/Moses-Anna-Mary-Robertson-Grandma-Biography.php | title=Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma") Moses Biography | publisher=Galerie St. Etienne | access-date=August 30, 2014 }}</ref> One of these families, the Whitesides, noticed her interest in their [[Currier and Ives]] prints and bought her chalk and wax crayons.<ref name="Cheyney p. 110" />