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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters. In his time he was an "almost mythical figure, " recognized supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple decent, home spun tribute to our lost agrarian age. America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood, is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple....
Author
Publisher
State Historical Society of Iowa
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows her face but few ever knew her name. The stoic-faced woman in Grant Wood's American Gothic was his sister Nan, perhaps one of his closet friends and observers. In My Brother, Grant Wood, Nan Wood Graham offers us an intimate glimpse of the artist in a full-life biography. Her portrait of her brother is as direct and poignant as the portrait he painted of her. Through her anecdotes and reminiscences, Graham not only revives the vivid...
Publisher
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
From Library Journal: In 1930, painter Grant Wood (1891-1942) created American Gothic, the iconic image of a stolid Midwestern couple complete with three-pronged pitchfork. The Art Institute of Chicago exhibited and purchased the piece, catapulting Wood to national acclaim as a regionalist. In conjunction with the opening of Wood's studio at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa, guest curator Milosch (Smithsonian) presents a survey of Wood's artwork...
Author
Publisher
Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Solving the problem of what to do while driving across the middle of America, this book identifies points of cultural interest along I-80 from Chicago to Omaha. In particular, Rose and Elliott provide a thoughtful, detailed exploration of the life and the historical context of Iowa artist Grant Wood, best known for his painting American Gothic, by discussing both his work and the landscape that inspired it. The book includes five itineraries, complete...
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