American Gothic - Wikipedia
WEBA character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
American Gothic - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBIn American Gothic, Grant Wood directly evoked images of an earlier generation by featuring a farmer and his daughter posed stiffly and dressed as if they were, as the artist put it, “tintypes from my old family album.”. They stand outside of their home, built in an 1880s style known as Carpenter Gothic.
American Gothic (paining by Grant Wood) | Description & Facts
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Grant Wood, an artist from Iowa, was a member of the Regionalist movement in American art, which championed the solid rural values of central America against the complexities of European-influenced East Coast Modernism. Yet Wood’s most famous painting is artificially staged, complex, and ambivalent.
American Gothic by Grant Wood – Top 8 Facts
WEBMar 26, 2023 · American Gothic by Grant Wood – Top 8 Facts. Few paintings capture the essence of American culture like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic.”. The iconic portrait, depicting a stern-faced farmer and his spinster daughter standing in front of their Iowa farmhouse, has become an enduring symbol of the American heartland.
American Gothic - Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) - Google Arts & Culture
WEBAmerican Gothic, often understood as a satirical comment on the midwestern character, quickly became one of America’s most famous paintings and is now firmly entrenched in the nation’s...
American Gothic, 1930 - Grant Wood - WikiArt.org
WEBDec 12, 2023 · American Gothic depicts a farmer and his spinster daughter posing before their house, whose gabled window and tracery, in the American gothic style, inspired the painting's title. In fact, the models were the painter's sister and their dentist.
The Story Behind Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' - NPR
WEBJul 12, 2005 · The painting is a touchstone of American culture, depicting an upright Midwestern family on the farm. Its story is the topic of Thomas Hoving's book American Gothic.
How American Gothic became an icon - BBC
WEBFeb 8, 2017 · It was painted in 1930, when US artists were inspired to paint realist scenes of rural America during the Depression, rejecting European modernist influences for a decidedly home-grown, often...
Masterpiece Story: American Gothic by Grant Wood
WEBAug 18, 2024 · Under the blue sky of Iowa, a man and a woman stand solemnly in front of their house. They are farmers, as suggested by their clothing and the pitchfork the man is holding. This is Grant Wood’s American Gothic, one of the most iconic artworks in American culture. Let’s take look at the story behind this masterpiece.
American Gothic : Grant Wood’s Midwestern mystery
WEBWood’s prizewinning picture, portraying a hard-bitten farming couple and entitled American Gothic, was soon to be championed as the masterpiece of a new American art movement called ‘Regionalism’, first invented, and then promoted, by an impresario and art dealer from Kansas named Maynard Walker.