Grant wood

The first New York retrospective in 35 years of this Regional painter has ups, downs, detours and lots to see and think about.

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 is best known for paintings of rural America in a style known as Regionalism. He died the day before his 51st birthday of pancreatic cancer. This is his story.

Do your students love creating mixed media projects? Tempera paint, painted paper, and oil pastels layered upon each other is always a class favorite. We looked at the various landscapes created by…

Hailed as one of America's foremost Regionalist painters, he is the creator of the iconic and enigmatic painting: American Gothic.

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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One of the best surprises at the Cincinnati Museum of Art was this painting by American artist, Grant Wood. You are probably aware of his most famous (and most parodied) work, American Gothic, but…

Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) Schoolhouse [Arbor Day], 1939 Offset Lithograph 11 × 13 1/4 in (27.9 × 33.7 cm)

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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 (…

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

Young Corn, 1931 By Grant Wood - Grant Wood Young Corn, 1931

The iconic painting has been fodder for generations of artists who offered interpretations of the original in pursuit of depicting the "real" America.

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…