Born in 1860 in Greenwich, New York, Grandma Moses began painting at the age of 78. One of America’s first folk-art stars, she was renowned for her vibrant scenes of 19th-century rural life. The world she depicts—one of seasonal labor, domestic craft, and handmade objects—is embodied in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, now on view at the Museum of Modern Art. Painted portraits, stenciled still lifes, and wooden toys from rural American communities give physical form to the culture Moses recorded from memory. Made by professional artists, craftspeople, students, and self-taught makers across the Northeast, these works draw on preindustrial techniques, regional tradition, and community. —Clara Scholl