Alice Moseley (American/Mississippi, 1909-2004), "All Day Singing and Dancing on the Grounds", oil on panel, signed lower right, signed and titled on reverse of frame, artist card on backing, 24 in. x 35 5/8 in., framed with title plaque, overall 33 1/8 in. x 43 3/4 in. x 3/4 in. Provenance: Acquired from the artist.Note: Alice Latimer Moseley began painting late in life at the age of sixty-five. When Moseley?s Alzheimer?s?afflicted mother moved in with her and her husband in the 1960s, Moseley painted to deal with the grief, depression and stress that came with being a full?time teacher at work and caretaker at home. After her mother?s passing in the early 1970s, Moseley?s son convinced her to try and sell the large body of work she had created while caring for her mother. She sold thirty paintings in one day in a Nashville flea market stall and decided that it was a sign to pursue art fulltime. Many of her works deal with southern people in varied and eccentric forms engaging in their daily lives and activities. While the levity in which she painted her subjects was born from a time of devastation, Moseley would often mention that without the pain of losing her mother, she would have never become an artist and viewed it as a precious gift that her mother gave her.Ref.: ?Alice?. Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum. www.alicemoseley.com. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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