Grant Wood
Painting, Visual Artist
1891 – 1942
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Who was Grant Wood?
Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter born four miles east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1891
Anamosa - Also known as
- Grant DeVolson Wood
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Académie Julian
- Washington High School
- Lived in
- Iowa
- Cedar Rapids
- Anamosa
- Died
- Feb 12, 1942
Iowa City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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