Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, which has become an iconic example of 20th-century American art.
Born: February 13, 1891, Anamosa, Iowa, United States Died: February 12, 1942, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
On view: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Berkshire Museum
Periods: Regionalism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Social realism, Modern art, American modernism, Modernism
Spouse: Sara Sherman Maxon (m. 1935–1938)
Education: Washington High School, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Académie Julian
Siblings: Nan Wood Graham
Famous works: American Gothic, Stone city, Iowa, Parson Weem's Fable, January,
