american gothic

     

This American masterpiece has been widely satirized; the sign of a true classic

Trivia about american gothic

  • Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister
  • Grant Wood's sister, who appears in this famous painting, was once a subject on "To Tell The Truth"
  • The title of this Grant Wood painting refers to the style of the house that's behind the farmer & his daughter
  • In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished
  • 1930:Woman with brooch; balding man with glasses, pitchfork; cottage in Gothic Revival style in back
  • When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry
  • In 1930 Grant Wood's reputation was established by a Chicago showing of this painting
  • Grant Wood's sister Nan & his dentist Byron McKeeby were the models for this 1930 painting
  • Grolier says this 1930 double portrait is "perhaps the most parodied painting in American art"

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