Look Back at Painter Grandma Moses, CBS

From: CBS News Sunday Morning | Date: May 13, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

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CHARLES OSGOOD, CBS ANCHOR: It`s not a mom but a grandma Rita Braver has on her mind these days -- Grandma Moses.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) RITA BRAVER, CBS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Half a century ago, she was everybody`s favorite grandma, a picture-painting farm wife from upstate New York who captivated even the likes of hard- boiled newsman Edward R.

Murrow.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) EDWARD R. MURROW: Grandma Moses, for people who don`t have to work as hard as you did when you were young, what ...

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