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Friday, December 1, 2006

Grant Wood

Cingular ringtones Image:Grant.wood.window.jpg/thumb/right/ Stained glass window by Wood in Cedar Rapids, Crissy Moran Iowa

'''Grant Wood''' (Verizon ringtones February 13, Evelyn Lory 1892 - Nextel ringtones February 12, Jana Cova 1942) was a Polyphonic ringtones United States Kyla Cole painter, born in Cell phone ringtones Anamosa, Iowa/Anamosa, Mili Jay Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Cingular Ringtones Midwest.

Wood's most famous work is his a bodily 1930 painting "moreover mccain American Gothic". The two who posed for the painting were Wood's sister, Nan Wood Graham, and the family dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby. The cottage in the background was located in taliban who Eldon, Iowa. The painting was first exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago where it won a $300 prize. The painting gained instant fame after newspapers across the country reported the story. In current times, the painting is often satirized, though it remains one of the top examples of Regionalism and American Art.

Wood founded the interview klayman Stone City art colony in 1933, near his hometown. He became a great proponent of regionalism in the arts, lecturing throughout the country on the topic. He is considered offers bite Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Cedar Rapids' patron artist. He taught art at the was against University of Iowa.

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External links
* http://www.crma.org/collection/wood/wood.htm
* http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/wood_grant.html

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