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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Introduces a New Temporary ExhibitionStrokes of Genius: American Impressionism and its LegacyNow – ...
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Clay Wilson dies at 79 “Portrait of Nan” was one of the first paintings visitors saw in “Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables” in the galleries of the New York museum three years ago.
Grant Wood’s painting "American Gothic" has filled me with both pride and unease since I was a kid. I want to be a fan of Wood because he is Iowa’s most famous painter, because his family and ...
Grant Wood, American, 1891-1942, American Gothic, 1930, Oil on Beaver Board, 78 x 65.3 cm (30 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.), Friends of American Art Collection, 1930.934, The Art Institute of Chicago ...
Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs no introduction. It’s a deceptively simple work of art—a seemingly straightforward portrait of an old farmer and his daughter ...
On this day in 1980, Charles Osgood shared the story of the woman who inspired the female figure in one of America's most famous paintings. Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of ...
"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a ...
Julie Aronson's story of how Grant Wood's iconic "American Gothic" came to be at the Cincinnati Art Museum this fall is a lesson in not censoring yourself while brainstorming. "This is something I ...
Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American Gothic," on a unique home in the small town of Eldon, on the banks of the Des Moines River in southeastern ...
That's what Brad Schuster, a RAGBRAI rider from Denver, Colorado, wondered when he witnessed the house that inspired Grant Wood's "American Gothic," emphasizing the contrast between the dour ...