Grant Wood

Grant Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was a United States painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest.

Wood's most famous work is his 1930 painting American Gothic. The two who posed for the painting were Wood's sister, Nan Wood Graham, and the family dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby. The cottage in the background was located in Eldon, Iowa. The painting was first exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago where it won a $300 prize. The painting gained instant fame after newspapers across the country reported the story. In current times, the painting is often satirized, though it remains one of the top examples of Regionalism and American Art.

Wood founded the Stone City art colony in 1933, near his hometown. He became a great proponent of regionalism in the arts, lecturing throughout the country on the topic. He is considered Cedar Rapids' patron artist. He taught art at the University of Iowa.

One of his designs is depicted on the 2004 Iowa State Quarter.

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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