Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May Wilson has been referred to as the Grandma Moses of the Underground (Bill Wilson, Art & Artists, May 1968) because she led a fairly conventional life as wife and mother until she reached her mid sixties. In 1968-69, May Wilson was the subject of a film, Woo Who? May Wilson, by Amalie R. Rothschild, and this tells the story of her life change that led her from housewifery to becoming an artist in New York City.
Wilson's husband left her, a (showing 500 of 1453 characters). |
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