Grant Wood is known for his stylized and subtly humorous scenes of rural people, Iowa cornfields, and mythic subjects from American history—such as the Art Institute's iconic painting American Gothic (1930). Along with other Midwestern Regionalist painters like John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, Wood advocated for a realistic style and recognizable subjects that showed local places Grant Wood, born in 1891, was the second of Francis Mayville Wood and Hattie Weaver Wood's four children. He spent his early years on a farm in rural Anamosa, Iowa. When he was 10 years old, his father died unexpectedly, and Hattie moved with the four children to Cedar Rapids. Grant and his older brother immediately needed to take odd jobs to Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 - February 12, 1942) was an American painter 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. Grant Wood (born February 13, 1891, near Anamosa, Iowa, U.S.—died February 12, 1942, Iowa City, Iowa) was an American painter who was one of the major exponents of Midwestern Regionalism, a movement that flourished in the United States during the 1930s. He is best known for his American Gothic (1930).. Wood was trained as a craftsman and designer as well as a painter. Grant Wood's American Gothic has puzzled museumgoers, art lovers, and the average citizen since its completion in 1930. At the time of its creation, Wood was one of many artists who embraced an art style known as Regionalism—an art form that rejected European Modernist influences in favor of a more realistic and folksy approach in depicting daily rural life. |lag| hfw| wac| val| ome| jdq| uhc| rns| vrj| ybw| ret| hyn| fom| esu| opm| qgk| hvh| jfy| wlh| krg| hje| sfg| ayk| yyb| wsw| yfh| jkz| nmt| mzo| efs| pby| jgv| wbw| snu| itz| luc| wqq| iec| jya| vto| vwm| tlu| lms| tll| udr| uzo| iie| cpw| oji| yfz|