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It actually was—and still is—a painting
- This is a great question, especially with the rapid circulation of images in our world today. American Gothic has become so famous as an image that many people don’t realize that it actually was—and still is—a painting. In their minds, it is no longer an object. In some ways, the idea of an original has become degraded in our digital era.
www.artic.edu/articles/781/american-gothic-the-top-five-faqsAmerican Gothic: The Top Five FAQs - The Art Institute of Chicago
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American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture .
Nov 7, 2019 · American Gothic has become so famous as an image that many people don’t realize that it actually was—and still is—a painting. In their minds, it is no longer an object.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Forty–third Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct 30–Dec 14, 1930, cat. 207, ill.
- Cedar Rapids, IA, Feb 1931.
- Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Twenty–Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Apr 26–Jun 22, 1931, cat. 139, ill.
- San Diego Fine Art Gallery, Show of Contemporary Eastern Painting [probably], c. Jun 1932, no cat.; Santa Barbara, CA, Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, c. Aug 1932.
American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood completed in 1930. The hard, cold realism of this painting and the honest, direct, earthy quality of its subject were unusual in the American art of its time.
Feb 16, 2017 · American Gothic, painted in 1930 by Iowa native Grant Wood, is probably the most famous American painting in the world. If any artworks merit that overworked adjective "iconic", this is one of them. The contrast between modernity and archaism registers even in the picture’s Flemish style, which was also once called "Gothic".
Feb 8, 2017 · American Gothic has become an American icon, but Regionalism itself would never be thought of as a significant movement in the canon of US art history.
Dec 11, 2019 · The faraway look in her eyes and the furrows of sadness that line her mouth leave space for doubt. Grant Wood’s American Gothic is arguably the USA’s most famous painting, but its meaning remains enigmatic, as Andrew Graham-Dixon explains.
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