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Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables | Whitney Museum of American Art | Grant wood paintings, Grant wood, American art

Grant Wood's American Gothic—the double portrait of a pitchfork-wielding farmer and a woman commonly presumed to be his wife—is perhaps the most recognizable painting in 20th century American art, an indelible icon of Americana, and certainly Wood's most famous artwork. But Wood's career consists of far more than one single painting. Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables brings together the full range of his art, from his early Arts and Crafts decorative objects and Impressionist oils…

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Grant Wood, "The Good Influence" (1936) | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Grant wood, Grant wood paintings, Art grants

Grant Wood, "The Good Influence" (1936). Black carbon pencil, India ink, and white gouache on tan wove paper, composition: 20 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (52.07 x 41.275 cm.). Collections Fund (1952.6.2). © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. In 1930 Grant Wood painted his most famous work, the double portrait, American Gothic," and instantly gained national recognition as a leader of the regionalist school. Trained as a…

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ART & ARTISTS: Grant Wood – Part 2 | Grant wood, Grant wood paintings, Grant wood american gothic

John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood at the Stone City Art Colony 1933 photo by John Barry Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa Grant DeVolson Wood (1891 – 1942) was born in 1891 near Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. His 1930 painting “American Gothic” has become an iconic image of C20th art. This is part 2 of a 2 – part post on the works of Grant Wood. For full biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1 also. 1932 Spring Plowing (…

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Whitney Museum of American Art: Grant Wood: Study for Dinner for Threshers (right section) | Grant wood, Grant wood paintings, Wood artist

Grant Wood, Study for Dinner for Threshers (right section), 1933. Graphite pencil, opaque watercolor, and colored pencil on paper, sheet (Irregular): 23 1/8 × 32 5/8 in. (58.7 × 82.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 33.79.2. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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ART & ARTISTS / Grant Wood - The Shop Inspector 1925 | Grant wood, Grant wood paintings, Grant wood american gothic

Grant Wood 1941 photo: Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa Grant DeVolson Wood (1891 – 1942) was born in 1891 near Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. His 1930 painting “American Gothic” has become an iconic image of C20th art. The family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa after the death of his father in 1901. After graduating from High School, Wood enrolled in an art school in Minneapolis in 1910. In 1913 he enrolled at the School of the Art…

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