2006-08-10 07:44:33 · 10 answers · asked by Steve 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
That's the famous and often-parodied "American Gothic," painted by Grant Wood in 1930, currently located in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Grant Wood (1891-1942) adopted the precise realism of 15th-century northern European artists, but his native Iowa provided the artist with his subject matter. American Gothic depicts a farmer and his spinster daughter posing before their house, whose gabled window and tracery, in the American Gothic style, inspired the painting's title. In fact, the models were the painter's sister, Nan, and their dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby. Wood was accused of creating in this work a satire on the intolerance and rigidity that the insular nature of rural life can produce, but he denied the accusation.
2006-08-10 07:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fogjazz49-Retired 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
American Gothic painted by Grant Wood in 1930
2006-08-10 14:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by legalbambino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Gothic by Grant Wood
2006-08-10 14:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Malika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called "American Gothic" by Grant Woods.
2006-08-10 14:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by vickness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American gothic- Grant wood
2006-08-10 14:48:27 · answer #5 · answered by kermit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Gothic
2006-08-10 14:50:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Gothic
2006-08-10 14:50:08 · answer #7 · answered by Allen the Cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Gothic my favorite piece of art. the man is the artst's dentist.
2006-08-10 14:52:56 · answer #8 · answered by cobra queen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"American Gothic", by painter Grant Wood.
2006-08-10 14:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by -j. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American gothic....and it is his daughter!
2006-08-10 14:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by wingedgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋