Artist

Grant Wood

born Anamosa, IA 1891-died Iowa City, IA 1942
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Grant Wood, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002305
Also known as
  • Grant DeVolson Wood
Born
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Died
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Active in
  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Biography

Painter. A practitioner of American scene painting, Wood painted views of the Midwest in a realistic style mixed with satire. His most famous work, American Gothic, is an American icon.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (20 items)

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Grant Wood, July Fifteenth, 1938, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.254
July Fifteenth
Artist
Date1938
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Grant Wood, Untitled, from suite "Savage Iowa" (Buffalo Stampede), 1923, pencil and wash on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Park Rinard, 1995.86.2
Untitled, from suite ​“Savage Iowa” (Buffalo Stampede)
Artist
Date1923
pencil and wash on paper
Not on view
Grant Wood, Untitled, from suite "Savage Iowa" (Clothesline), 1923, pencil and wash on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Park Rinard, 1995.86.3
Untitled, from suite ​“Savage Iowa” (Clothesline)
Artist
Date1923
pencil and wash on paper
Not on view
Grant Wood, In the Spring, 1939, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Park and Phyllis Rinard in honor of Nan Wood Graham, 1994.115.10
In the Spring
Artist
Date1939
lithograph on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

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Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 18, 2009–January 10, 2010
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the second in a series of special installations, celebrates the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper.