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Feb 8, 2017 · It was painted in 1930, when US artists were inspired to paint realist scenes of rural America during the Depression, rejecting European modernist influences for a decidedly home-grown, often...
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.
Aug 14, 2024 · American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood completed in 1930. Grant Wood, an artist from Iowa, was a member of the Regionalist movement in American art, which championed the solid rural values of central America against the complexities of European-influenced East Coast Modernism.
Grant Wood’s painting ‘American Gothic’ is a fairly small painting measuring 78 x 65.3 cm. Completed in 1930 it was inspired by a visit to Eldon in Iowa, USA. The painting was heavily influenced by Flemish Renaissance painters such as Albrecht Durer and Jan Van Eyck.
Jul 8, 2022 · Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930, via the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood made this painting at the beginning of the Great Depression and he argued that one of his main aims was to create a reassuring image of stability and security during a time of nationalized disruption.
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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".
When it was exhibited at the Art Institute in 1930, the painting became an instant sensation, its ambiguity prompting viewers to speculate about the figures and their story. Many understood the work to be a satirical comment on midwesterners out of step with a modernizing world.
