Anna Mary Robertson was born on September 7th, 1860, and left home at the age of 10 to work as a hired girl at a neighboring farm. There, she grew up and eventually married, becoming Anna Mary Moses, and gave birth to ten children, five of whom survived. As a hobby, she began embroidering and knitti...

Christina’s World (1948) by Andrew Wyeth

Beloved by the public, Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World evokes strong feelings of nostalgia, longing and also a sort of calmness, brought on by the desolate, flat rural landscape. However, what you may not know is that there was a real life Christina, an A...