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Hattie Klapp Brunner

Hattie Klapp Brunner (1889 - 1982) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Hattie Brunner is known for Primitive-style paintings of Pennsylvania Dutch country life.

Hattie Klapp Brunner (Nov 27, 1889-Aug 2, 1982) - Renowned as the "Grandma Painter of Pennsylvania" or the "Pennsylvania-German Grandma Moses"

Hattie Brunner was born in Reinholds, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Abiram/Biram (b. ca 1846) and Mary Weinhold (b. June 1853) Klapp; Hattie Brunner became nationally known and respected as a self-taught painter.

A farmer's daughter and one of eight children, Hattie started working at age seven to support herself after her father died, taking a job caring for an old woman and then was hired on a farm in return for room, board and $1.00 a month.  In 1900, Hattie W. Klapp, at ten years old, was a house servant in West Cocalico Township for Henry and Mary J. Foltz.  Henry was a Cigar manufacturer.

By 1910, she was a boarder with 75-year old James Brunner and his family of West Cocalico Township.  There she worked in the General Merchandise store of the Brunner family.&nb   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5550 characters.]  Artist bio

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