Either way, Grant Wood is an Iowan I’ve come to respect and admire, one I am proud to claim as our own. Jon Darsee, a frequent contributor to the Register, has held a lifelong interest in art.

Learn the impact of Grant Wood's hometown on his world-famous regionalist artworks. Learn the impact of Grant Wood's hometown on his world-famous regionalist artworks. Road Trip Iowa is available ...

James S. Horns of Minneapolis, who has conserved many of Grant Wood’s paintings, reports in a letter of October 1, 2008 that the materials in the painting are consistent with other paintings by ...

Grant Wood Art Colony Biennial Symposium: “Myth, Memories, and the Midwest,” Art Building West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Oct. 28 and 29. Scholars, experts explore issues tied to Wood’s ...

Before “American Gothic” and his other paintings, artist Grant Wood left his mark at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wood, who grew up in Cedar Rapids, designed a 24-foot ...

Grant Wood's iconic painting won a $300 prize, not the top prize, in a juried exhibition in 1930 at The Art Institute of Chicago, which has been its home ever since.

Cedar Rapids Art Center Director Donn Young hangs “Old Shoes,” which Grant Wood painted in 1926, on Feb. 18, 1973, for an exhibit of 80 works by Wood. "Yellow Doorway, St. Emilion," which Wood ...

Coe College can’t count Grant Wood art toward endowment, shrinking it by $5.4 million Vanessa Miller Nov. 8, 2019 12:56 pm, Updated: Nov. 8, 2019 6:24 pm Why you can trust The Gazette ...

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The painting hasn’t been back in Iowa since Wood cut it in half in the 1930s. It’s always been in private hands and has never been publicly shown in Iowa — until now.

The museum has a collection of Grant Wood paintings and works by other artists inspired by "American Gothic." Cyclists stop at the American Gothic house in Eldon on Day 6 of RAGBRAI, July 26, 2024.

Pre-opera talks will be given before each performance by R. Tripp Evans, professor of art history at Wheaton College/Massachusetts and author of the 2010 biography, “Grant Wood: A Life.” ...