Self-portrait, 1932

Grant Wood As a childBorn on February 13, 1891 in IowaDied in 1942Grew up on a farm in Anamosa, IowaWent to school in one room school house Liked to draw but had no money for art supplies- He used bits of charcoal and cardboardIn 1916, he went to study at the Art Institute of Chicago

During World War I (1914-1918), he painted camouflage on trucks and cannonsIn 1920, after the war, he went to France, Italy and Germany to study art, and supervised the making of stained glass windows Also studied Gothic Art which was very detailed and natural. People were shown with serious expressions and buildings had long lines and pointed arches

Grant Wood As an adultThe Little Chapel Chancelade, 1926

Discovered a new style of painting called American Regionalism Tell a story with his artPainted subjects he knewRepresent everyday, ordinary people and placesHe was called the Midwestern PainterWorked as a high school art teacher, painted, designed stained glass windowsWanted to be identified as a farmer; wore overalls all the time

Back in AmericaYoung Corn, 1931

Grant Wood designed and built the stained glass window at the Veterans Memorial Building for $9,000 in 1927 Cedar Rapids, IowaThe window includes a 16 foot "Lady of Mourning" and life size soldiers from the Revolutionary War through WWI.Veterans Memorial Window, 1929

Telling a StoryGrant painted his mother as a strong and loving frontier woman. Farm landscape The decorative stitching on her dress, the cameo around her neck, the potted plant and other details that were important to her. People all over Iowa were proud of Grants portrait of his mother. It was one of the first paintings about the Midwest that seemed like it was done by someone who really knew and understood the people there.Woman with Plants, 1929

Telling a StoryThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revereby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1863

() A hurry of hoofs in a village street,A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a sparkStruck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet;That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,The fate of a nation was riding that night;And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,Kindled the land into flame with its heat. ()The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931

"Arbor Day," a 1932 painting by native Grant Wood, was used to design the state quarter in the 50 State Quarters Program.

The quarter shows a one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and students planting a tree and the words "Foundation in Education."Telling a Story

American Gothic, 1930

American Gothic, 1930Grant liked the contrast of a European window on an American farmhouse. His family dentist and his own sister, Nan, were the models for the farmer and his daughter Won the third place prize at big show at the Art Institute of ChicagoPeople all over America loved the newspaper pictures they saw of it.People felt Grants art was easier to understand than the new modern art Grants paintings along during a rough time in history known as the Great Depression.

ParodyA humorously exaggerated imitation of an artist

Parody

Things to rememberAmerican Regionalist PainterPainted to express the images in his mindHe liked to tell a story with his artGothic Art refers to: detailed and natural imagesPeople generally have serious expressionsBuildings have long lines and pointed archesParody means a humorously exaggerated imitation of an artist

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