Grant Wood
American Regionalist painter of the rural Midwest
Grant Wood was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, one of the most recognized images in 20th-century American art.
Works
Alexander Grant
Oil on canvas, 1770
Alexander Grant (1770) by Cosmo Alexander. Oil on canvas.
Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant)
Oil on canvas, 1754
Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) (1754) by Joseph Blackburn. Oil on canvas.
Tall Case Clock
Mahogany and tulipwood, brass, iron, and glass, 1765
Tall Case Clock (1765–75) by John Wood Jr.. Mahogany and tulipwood, brass, iron, and glass.
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)"
Color woodblock print; oban, 1830
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)" (1830/33) by Katsushika Hokusai. Color woodblock print; oban.
Shukongojin
Wood with traces of polychromy
Shukongojin (13th century) by . Wood with traces of polychromy.
Ideal Pastoral Life
Woodcut on paper
Ideal Pastoral Life (n.d.) by Edward Calvert. Woodcut on paper.
Valentine Affection (valentine)
Collaged element and gold and green paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 1855
Valentine Affection (valentine) (1855/60) by Thomas Wood. Collaged element and gold and green paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper.
Seated Bodhisattva
Wood core, dry lacquer, traces of gold leaf
Seated Bodhisattva (8th century) by . Wood core, dry lacquer, traces of gold leaf.
Exhibitions & Events
Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables
Whitney Museum, New York · Solo
Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture
Art Institute of Chicago · Group
Education
Studio Practice, Painting
Académie Julian
Art Studies, Fine Art
School of the Art Institute of Chicago