American Gothic
Grant Wood · 1930
Grant Wood
United States · 1891–1942
Grant DeVolson Wood was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art. == Early life == Wood was born in rural Iowa, 4 mi (6.43 km) east of Anamosa, on February 13, 1891, the son of Hattie DeEtte Wood (née Weaver) and Francis Maryville Wood. His maternal grandparents worked as innkeepers and his paternal grandparents were slaveholders in Virginia. Hattie moved the family to Cedar Rapids after Francis died in 1901.
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American Gothic
Grant Wood · 1930
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American Gothic
Grant Wood · 1930
The Art Institute of Chicago
American Gothic is a 1930 oil painting on beaverboard by the American Regionalist artist Grant Wood, depicting a Midwestern farmer and his daughter standing in front of their Carpenter Gothic style home. It is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century and is frequently referenced in popular culture. Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, along with "the kind of people fancied should live in that house".
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