Grant Wood

(1891–1942) amerikansk målare

Grant Wood (USA, 1891–1942) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Grant Wood belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.

Grant Wood was born in Anamosa and died in Iowa City. Grant Wood trained at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Académie Julian, and Washington High School. Grant Wood worked in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and Iowa City. Wikidata associates Grant Wood with Regionalism. The students included John O. Robert Sharp.

The best-known works include ‘American Gothic’ and ‘Daughters of Revolution’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting, figure, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 25 works by Grant Wood with free images. The dated works span the years 1917–1940. Works by Grant Wood are held by several collections, among them Figge Art Museum, Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, Art Institute of Chicago, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 7 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The interwar years’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Man Ray, Mark Gertler, George Ault, and Adolfo Best Maugard.

• The interwar years
• American Gothic
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
• Daughters of Revolution
• Arnold Comes of Age
• Woman with Plants