Grant Wood

Grant Wood is one of America’s most famous artists because of his iconic 1930 painting American Gothic. Some people today still may not know Grant Wood’s name or even the name of the painting, they always recognize American Gothic when they see it. This painting is known as a classic show of American character. Represented by a farmer and his daughter in front of their gothic styled home. Grant Wood was born on February 13, 1991 in Anamosa, Iowa. When his father died in 1901 Grant and his family moved to Cedar Rapids. He then took art lessons from local artists while he was attending high school. Later Wood would teach close to Cedar Rapids while he worked at a silversmith shop. Wood’s regionalism style is a realist modern art movement where…

In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling and the well-known “American Gothic” by Grant Wood, Kipling and Wood work to illustrate the constant struggle to find the middle ground in life existing in marriage, dreams becoming a reality, financial success, and the middle class American Dream. The act of marriage does not always foster a happy relationship at first, but a new sense of happiness can be forged out of the couple’s willingness to achieve happiness. In both art forms, viewers see that…

Grant Wood - American Gothic, 1930 Introduction Grant Wood, American painter who was born in February, 1891 and died in February, 1942. His iconic painting in 20th century with regionalism, American Gothic (1930), which was depicting the rural American Midwest. About Regionalism Regionalism, or we can called it American Scene Painting. It is a realist modern art movement in American which was popular form 1920s to 1950s in the United States. In art, Regionalism was a style and defined as…

“Oh right….Well, did you know that Grant Wood came across this house in August of 1930 on a car ride which he was very mesmerized by the Gothic style of the house. He then started painting the house on a piece of cardboard. In his very first sketch, he drew male and female figures, with the man actually holding a rake. By doing this, it almost portrays a certain status that was held in society at that time. “ Anna “Wow. Impressive.” Jesse “ Yeah…the people painted are not even farmers. The man…

When Grant Wood painted Spring Turning in 1936, he was influenced largely by renaissance painters, such as Jan Van Eyck. He borrowed their technique in regards to attention to detail and making something with strange, distorted shapes feel hyper-realistic. When Aaron Bohrod painted Hilltop Farm, Lodi, Wisconsin in 1950, he was being taught by John Sloan. This teacher encouraged a more expressionistic approach to painting. Bohrod applied this philosophy to his work by using his paint to sketch…

Wonderful Master of Art, Grant Wood's Grant Woods is an amazing artist which I failed to see before browsing through this book. Grant woods has a very elegant way of painting art. By making his art appear realistic his art is much more complex than you might think. Figuring out what artist to pick was extremely difficult. Once the painting of American Gothic came up I suddenly knew which artist I wanted to study. Covering every page of the book with beautiful and very austere his art makes…

When The painting American Gothic was painted by Grant Wood in 1930, it had become an instant classic. Most people had seen this painting as something that was considered satirical. However his goal for this painting was to show the good values that Midwest America held during the time of the great depression. I will begin to criticizing this work of art by describing what I see in the painting itself. I will then move on into how I interpret this particular painting, and finally I will then…

American Gothic was painted by Grant Wood in 1930. Grant Wood was born in Iowa, than later moved to Gran Rapids after the passing of his father. While working as an apprentice in a metal shop he attended art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His inspiration for this painting came about after a trip to Iowa in 1930. Initial reception of his painting was considered as a satirical work of art, out to make fun of small town folks. There are many fictional aspects of his painting to include, the…

American Gothic was painted by Grant Wood in 1930. This painting was 78 cm by 65.3 cm and was painted using oil on beaverboard. This piece of art currently resides in the Art Institute of Chicago. Grant specialized in Regionalism, which was an American realist modern art movement. Part of this focus, was painting scenes of rural life. The most interesting part of this piece is that it combined Americana with European technique. While Wood was traveling through Cathedrals in Europe, he was able…

The artwork I have chosen is titled, “American Gothic”, by Grant Wood, painted in 1930. Grant Wood painted on a 74.3 X 62.2 cm piece of oil on beaverboard. These materials give the painting an old timing look but with good color and contrast. This painting can be viewed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Now I’m going to describe this painting in more detail, so that you can see a visual picture in your head. The white male in the artwork has very thin brown hair; with thick bushy eyebrows; brown…