Grant Wood Artist

Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter born four miles (6 km) east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.

Personal facts

Grant Wood
Birth dateFebruary 13, 1891
Birth place
Anamosa Iowa
Date of deathFebruary 12, 1942
Place of death
Iowa City Iowa

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Influenced by
Jan van Eyck
Movement
Regionalism (art)
training at
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Grant Wood on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/grantwood
  2. http://figgeart.org/Grant-Wood.aspx
  3. http://thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html#painters
  4. http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/011/904sbwjz.asp
  5. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/woodgrap
  6. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/wood_grant.html
  7. http://www.bobolinkbooks.com/DesignHist/WoodWright.html
  8. http://www.crma.org/collection/wood/wood.htm
  9. http://www.grantwoodstudio.org/index.html
  10. http://www.lib.iastate.edu/info/6292