Alice Moseley

Her Life, Her Art, Her Legacy

ALICE MOSELEY FOLK ARTIST

Nationally Acclaimed Folk Art

Miss Alice, as she was referred to by her friends and admirers, was a self-taught idyllic folk artist, who began painting at age 65 to maintain her sanity while caring for her Alzheimer-afflicted mother. This is being written by her son Tim Moseley, an antique collector and part-time antique dealer for over 30 years.

          Back around 1970, I was going to the flea market in Nashville, Tennessee and talked my mom into taking her paintings. She reluctantly agreed. I rented her a stall and helped her hang the first 30 paintings that she had painted. I then resumed my search for antique bargains. When I returned an hour later, Mom was in an empty stall holding a $1,350 check. "He bought them all, he bought them all," Mom excitedly told me. A Mr. Barr from Kentucky had indeed bought them all for $45 apiece. That was the day when Alice Moseley, retired schoolteacher, became Alice Moseley "Professional Artist."

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Tim Moseley

 

Tim Moseley is a Rhodes College graduate, a family psychotherapist, and has collected antiques for thirty years. In 2004, Tim created the Alice Moseley Folk Art & Antique Museum in Miss Alice's home gallery, and wrote this recently released book to honor her memory, her storytelling, and her folk art.

 

Mike Krawcheck is Miss Alice's nephew who referred to his Aunt as a cross between Phyllis Diller and Grandma Moses. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, a real estate investor, and civic leader in Hoover, Alabama.

 

Dale St. Amant is a local Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, resident who wrote "A Place Apart" among other writing accomplishments.

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