202:
214:
25:
229:
her use in a rectangular painting. Her first version based on the print was included in her first solo exhibition in 1940 at the
Galerie St. Etienne in NYC. She then made two more versions in 1941 that expanded the scene to include the soon-to-be-burned Troy side of the river. These must have been well-received, because she made two more versions in 1942 and 1943 that included more of the town. This 1959 painting is the last known version. None are the same, but all six contain the same central burning bridge idea.
133:
201:
213:
228:
on anniversary days, such as in 2012 for the 150th year. In 1937, the 75th anniversary had been commemorated with various activities, and a news article printed in 1939 with a dramatic oval graphic illustrating the bridge on fire caught the eye of the artist, who cut the clipping and marked it up for
185:
on fire. To the right is a peaceful scene of Troy that mostly burned later that evening, thanks to the westerly wind pushing the flames towards the center of town. The fire was a major disaster for the town that had recently become a major hub for traffic on the
190:
line going east across the Hudson as well as steamships travelling north and south along the Hudson. Grandma Moses was born two years before it happened, but in a town bordering the Hudson river further upstate in
219:
Photo of the burnt district surrounding Union
Station in Troy, looking west towards the river, with upper right the remaining part of the Green Island Bridge connecting Green Island to Centre Island
260:, Bennington Museum, purchased with funds provided by Lyman Orton and by exchange from Mr. and Mrs. James A. Warren, the Gertrude D. Webster Collection, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Ineson
207:
Detail of 1881 bird's eye view of Troy, with the rebuilt Green Island Bridge (portion from Centre Island to Troy was still covered with a wooden shed until a new bridge was built in 1884)
318:
308:
68:
46:
187:
257:
192:
292:
283:
195:
She would have heard the stories of river folk, locals and family members about the devastation caused by it.
39:
33:
181:
entry point on 10 May 1862, looking east at the moment that a spark from a locomotive set the bridge over the
313:
178:
50:
282:, Complete edition, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1973, cat. nr. 1407 p. 321, plate 40,
132:
269:
238:
225:
167:
295:
on New York
Almanack website, featuring the 1943 version by Grandma Moses as lead image
174:
302:
163:
92:
182:
159:
275:
166:, produced at age 99 and signed "Moses". It has been in the collection of the
143:
110:
272:
in the 1975 abridged version of Otto Kallir's 1973 catalogue raisonné
18:
173:
It shows the artist's impression of the covered bridge of
121:
12.25 in (31.1 cm) × 16.5 in (42 cm)
125:
117:
106:
98:
88:
83:
8:
131:
80:
69:Learn how and when to remove this message
155:Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862)
84:Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862)
32:This article includes a list of general
250:
197:
158:is a 1959 oil painting by the American
293:New Exhibit on the Great Fire of Troy
7:
224:Regular memorials were held for the
270:Image of the 1939 and 1943 versions
319:Paintings in the Bennington Museum
38:it lacks sufficient corresponding
14:
212:
200:
188:Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad
23:
16:1959 painting by Grandma Moses
1:
335:
309:Paintings by Grandma Moses
258:Painting record for 2024.3
284:Grandma Moses record book
140:
53:more precise citations.
239:Galerie St. Etienne
177:, from the western
226:Great Fire of Troy
126:Accession No.
168:Bennington Museum
151:
150:
79:
78:
71:
326:
261:
255:
216:
204:
144:edit on Wikidata
136:
135:
81:
74:
67:
63:
60:
54:
49:this article by
40:inline citations
27:
26:
19:
334:
333:
329:
328:
327:
325:
324:
323:
299:
298:
289:
286:nr. 1911 .
265:
264:
256:
252:
247:
235:
220:
217:
208:
205:
193:Greenwich, N.Y.
147:
130:
75:
64:
58:
55:
45:Please help to
44:
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
332:
330:
322:
321:
316:
314:1959 paintings
311:
301:
300:
297:
296:
288:
287:
273:
266:
263:
262:
249:
248:
246:
243:
242:
241:
234:
231:
222:
221:
218:
211:
209:
206:
199:
175:Troy, New York
149:
148:
141:
138:
137:
127:
123:
122:
119:
115:
114:
113:, pressed wood
108:
104:
103:
100:
96:
95:
90:
86:
85:
77:
76:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
331:
320:
317:
315:
312:
310:
307:
306:
304:
294:
291:
290:
285:
281:
280:Grandma Moses
277:
274:
271:
268:
267:
259:
254:
251:
244:
240:
237:
236:
232:
230:
227:
215:
210:
203:
198:
196:
194:
189:
184:
180:
176:
171:
169:
165:
164:Grandma Moses
161:
157:
156:
145:
139:
134:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
109:
105:
101:
97:
94:
93:Grandma Moses
91:
87:
82:
73:
70:
62:
52:
48:
42:
41:
35:
30:
21:
20:
279:
253:
223:
183:Hudson River
179:Green Island
172:
170:since 2024.
154:
153:
152:
129:2024.3
65:
56:
37:
276:Otto Kallir
51:introducing
303:Categories
245:References
118:Dimensions
34:references
111:Oil paint
233:See also
162:painter
160:outsider
59:May 2024
47:improve
107:Medium
89:Artist
36:, but
142:[
102:1959
99:Year
305::
278:,
146:]
72:)
66:(
61:)
57:(
43:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
