Grant Wood
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican painter (1891-1942)
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Grant DeVolson Wood was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.
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![Grant Wood's boyhood home, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in Iowa.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Grant_wood_boyhood_home.jpg/500px-Grant_wood_boyhood_home.jpg)
Grant Wood's boyhood home, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in Iowa.[2]
The 2004 Iowa state quarter honors Grant Wood with elements including the Schoolhouse, teacher and students planting a tree, and the caption "Foundation in Education".
Grant Wood, American Gothic (1930), Art Institute of Chicago
The First Three Degrees of Freemasonry - Grant Wood 1921
1980 Grant Wood one ounce American Arts Commemorative Series gold medallion
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1942 · aged 50
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