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 (2 items)

Jane Sauer, Elaborate Layers, 1985, waxed linen thread and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 2002.8.13
Elaborate Layers
Date1985
waxed linen thread and acrylic paint
Not on view
Jane Sauer, Concurrence, 1985, waxed linen thread and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 2002.8.12
Concurrence
Date1985
waxed linen thread and acrylic paint
Not on view

Exhibitions

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Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 18, 2009January 10, 2010
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.