Grant wood

Grant wood painter of Iowa rural life and land

Together with John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood was one of the three major figures of American regionalist art movement of the early years of 20th Century. Following a period of trips to Europe and an interest for impressionist and post-impressionist styles, he discovered the...

The denim-clad artist who painted American Gothic wasn’t the hayseed he’d have you believe

Peter Schjeldahl on the Whitney’s retrospective of Grant Wood, the mid-century Iowan painter who made occasionally impressive, predominantly weird, sometimes awful art.

Painting of snow covered straw huts.

American Gothic is considered one of the most recognizable paintings in history, but few people know the profession of the stern looking guy posing with the pitchfork.

The first New York retrospective in 35 years of this Regional painter has ups, downs, detours and lots to see and think about.

Grant Wood

Now on view at the Whitney, the retrospective reveals a much darker side to the painter of America's heartland.

Grant Wood, Stone City, Iowa , 1930. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. The American landscape has drastically changed in the last centu...