In 1930, Grant Wood entered his now iconic painting, American Gothic, in an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood had attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1913. The painting won a $300 prize and gave Wood instant recognition, across America, as a Regional Artist. Tim Roby, left and Chris Shepherd [...]
Grant WoodStained glass window for the Veterans Memorial building, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 192723 feet 6 inches high x 20 feet wide Grant Wood eked out a living in his early years. He was born in 1891, to a poor farming family in Iowa. When Wood was ten and his sister, Nan, just two, their father [...]
Grant Wood is a hero in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There are tours of Grant Wood's studio and the Grant Wood Trail. His works are housed in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, an Iowa quarter is engraved in his honor, Midwest travel brochures read, “Welcome to Grant Wood Country!” and now, the Grant Wood Operas.
Grant Wood The Whitney Museum show Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, the most extensive retrospective of Wood's work ever presented, has just ended, and still the questions remain about both the artist and his art. American Gothic is one of America's most recognizable paintings, but Wood's large body of work and his life story, are unfamiliar [...]
The Whitney Museum is putting together an exhibit called Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables. The exhibit, which will run from March 2 through June 10, 2018, will showcase Wood's extraordinary range of talents and his often overlooked sophistication as an artist.
