| Grant Wood | |
 Self-portrait (1932) in the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa |
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| Birth name | Grant DeVolson Wood |
| Born | February 13, 1891 Anamosa, Iowa |
| Died | February 12, 1942 (aged 50) Iowa City, Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | Regionalism |
| Works | American Gothic |
| Influenced by | Jan Van Eyck |
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. A Self-portrait is a representation of an artist drawn painted photographed or sculpted by the artist Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The AIA award-winning Figge Art Museum opened in Davenport Iowa on August 6 2005 and is the re-named successor to the Davenport Museum of Art which was opened Davenport is a City along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anamosa is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5494 at the 2000 census. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e See also American Scene painting, Regionalism is a realist modern American Art movement that was popular during the 1930s American Gothic is a Painting by Grant Wood from 1930 Portraying a Pitchfork -holding farmer and a younger woman (imagined to be his Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck (jɑn vɑn ɛik (before c 1395 &ndash before July 9, 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter active Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Anamosa is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5494 at the 2000 census. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century. American Gothic is a Painting by Grant Wood from 1930 Portraying a Pitchfork -holding farmer and a younger woman (imagined to be his
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Life and career
His family moved to Cedar Rapids after his father died in 1901. Cedar Rapids (ˌciːdɪrˈræpɨds is the second largest City in the U Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Soon thereafter he began as an apprentice in a local metal shop. After graduating from Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) , Wood enrolled in an art school in Minneapolis in 1910, and returned a year later to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. See also Washington High School for schools of the same name Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting In 1913 he enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and did some work as a silversmith. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premiere fine arts colleges located in Chicago, Illinois. A silversmith is a person who works primarily making objects in solid Silver; historically the training and guild organization of Goldsmiths included silversmiths He again returned to Cedar Rapids to teach Junior High students after serving in the army as a camouflage painter.
From 1920 to 1928 he made four trips to Europe, where he studied many styles of painting, especially impressionism and post-impressionism. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Post-Impressionism is the term coined by the British artist and Art critic Roger Fry in 1910 to describe the development of French art since Manet. But it was the work of Jan Van Eyck that influenced him to take on the clarity of this new technique and to incorporate it in his new works. Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck (jɑn vɑn ɛik (before c 1395 &ndash before July 9, 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter active From 1924 to 1935 Wood lived in the loft of a carriage house that he turned into his personal studio at "5 Turner Alley" (the studio had no address until Wood made one up himself). Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1932, Wood helped found the Stone City Art Colony near his hometown to help artists get through the Great Depression. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Stone City Art Colony, along the Wapsipinicon River in east central Iowa near the town of Anamosa, only lasted two summers 1932 and He became a great proponent of regionalism in the arts, lecturing throughout the country on the topic.
Wood taught painting at the University of Iowa's School of Art beginning in 1934. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River During that time, he supervised mural painting projects, mentored students, produced a variety of his own works, and became a key part of the University's cultural community. On February 12, 1942, one day before his 51st birthday, Wood died at the university hospital.
When Wood died, his estate went to his sister, Nan Wood Graham, the woman portrayed in American Gothic. American Gothic is a Painting by Grant Wood from 1930 Portraying a Pitchfork -holding farmer and a younger woman (imagined to be his When she died in 1990, her estate, along with Wood's personal effects and various works of art, became the property of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa. The AIA award-winning Figge Art Museum opened in Davenport Iowa on August 6 2005 and is the re-named successor to the Davenport Museum of Art which was opened Davenport is a City along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa.
His work
Wood was an active painter from an extremely young age until his death, and although he is best known for his paintings, he worked in a large number of media, including ink, charcoal, ceramics, metal, wood and found objects. An ink is a Liquid containing various Pigments and/or Dyes used for coloring a surface to produce an Image, text, or Charcoal' is the blackish residue consisting of impure Carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from Animal and Vegetation The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός ( keramikos) The M acro E xpansion T emplate A ttribute L anguage complements TAL, providing macros which allow the reuse of code across Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs A found object, in an artistic sense indicates the use of an object which has not been designed for an artistic purpose but which exists for another purpose already
Throughout his life he hired out his talents to many Iowa-based businesses as a steady source of income. This included painting advertisements, sketching rooms of a mortuary house for promotional flyers and, in one case, designing the corn-themed decor (including chandelier) for the dining room of a hotel. A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights In addition, his 1928 trip to Munich was to oversee the making of the stained-glass windows he had designed for a Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art
Regionalism
Grant Wood is most closely associated with the American movement of Regionalism that was primarily situated in the Midwest. See also American Scene painting, Regionalism is a realist modern American Art movement that was popular during the 1930s He was one of three artists most-associated with this movement. The others, John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, returned to the Midwest in the 1930s due to Wood's encouragement and assistance with locating teaching positions for them at colleges in Wisconsin and Kansas respectively. John Steuart Curry ( November 14, 1897 - August 29, 1946) was an American painter whose career spanned from 1924 Thomas Hart Benton ( April 15, 1889 - January 19, 1975) was an American painter and Muralist. Along with Benton, Curry, and other Regionalist artists, Wood's work was marketed through Associated American Artists in New York for many years. See also American Scene painting, Regionalism is a realist modern American Art movement that was popular during the 1930s Associated American Artists is an Art gallery and business established in 1934 in New York City.
Wood's best known work is his 1930 painting American Gothic, one of the most familiar images in 20th century American art. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. American Gothic is a Painting by Grant Wood from 1930 Portraying a Pitchfork -holding farmer and a younger woman (imagined to be his The painting was first exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago where it can still be found today. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums Today, the painting is often parodied in pop culture, and remains one of the most notable examples of American Regionalism. American scene painting refers to a naturalist style of painting and other works of art of the 1920s through the 1950s in the United States. Wood is considered the patron artist of Cedar Rapids, and one of his designs is depicted on the 2004 Iowa State Quarter
Gallery
 American Gothic (1930) in the Art Institute of Chicago |
 2004 Iowa state quarter |
External links
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art biography of Grant Wood
- Grant Wood on artcyclopedia.com
- American Classic: Grant Wood and the meaning of his art
- Grant Wood's Studio
- Ten Dreams Galleries
- Ely's Web Site (The Stone City Web Site)
- Grant Wood Gallery at MuseumSyndicate
- The Sioux City Corn Room mural, Sioux City Art Center
- Grant Wood Papers Online at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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