GRANT WOOD

ABOUT GRANT WOOD

• Grant wood was born February 13, 1891, in Anamosa
• He died February 13, 1942, Iowa City, IA
• Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, an iconic painting of the 20th century.

MEDIA AND STYLE/PERIOD

• The media they use or materials were, pencils , pens, and sometimes weird stuff like charcoal
• Style and period of art : social realism , regionalism , and modern art

FAVORITE QUOTE

• All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

PICTURE OF ARTWORK

• Title: American gothic Date: 1891-1942 Media: charcoal and gouache on board Oil on beaver board Size : 78 x 65.3 Location (museum/collection): none shown URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):none shown

ARTWORK

• Title: parson weems' fable Date: 1939 Media: Oil on canvas Size:w127.3 x h97.5cm Location (museum/collection): none shown URL/ site name (or book source if scanned): none shown

ARTWORK

• Title: The Ungrateful man Date: 1917 Media: None shown Size: w457.2 x h304.8 Location (museum/collection): none shown URL/ site name (or book source if scanned): none shown

ARTWORK

• Title: February Date: 1940 Media: None shown Size: none shown Location (museum/collection):none shown URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):none shown

ARTWORK

• Title: but it was a girl Date: 1937 Media: Drawing Size:w152.4 x h203.2 mm Location (museum/collection): none shown URL/ site name (or book source if scanned): none shown

ABOUT GRANT WOOD

• Grant Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) is Iowa's most famous artist and his painting American Gothic is one of America's most famous paintings. Wood was born on a farm near Anamosa in 1891 but moved to Cedar Rapids when he was ten years old after the death of his father.

THREE OTHER Artists

• Thomas hart Benton , John Stewart curry, Andrew Wyeth , they are all similar because because they have the same type of style. There work is very similar , they do the same thing just in different ways , the way it's different is because there work is the same just different ideas .

THREE WEBSITES

• Sources :http:// www.americangothich ouse.net/about/the- artist/. • http:// www.grantwoodartgal lery.org/ grantwood.htm. •http:// www.sullivangoss.co m/Grant_Wood/