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Grant Wood, American Gothic

September 5, 2020

American Gothic

Grant Wood
American (1891-1942)

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11 responses to “Grant Wood, American Gothic”

  1. Rita S says:
    September 5, 2020 at 6:49 am

    What a surprise to see American Gothic picture. I live less than 2 miles from where he had his painting retreats. And if I look across the pasture in my back yard we can see where he painted the “Fall Plowing” picture. Some years back our surrounding community had to take up a cause to prevent a landfill to be placed in our area. We won. I made a couple quilts that were used to raise money to help to get that site on the national register.

    Thanks for posting the picture.

    1. Bobbie Elder says:
      September 5, 2020 at 9:05 am

      What a great effort, Rita! You and your community should be proud!

      1. Kristin says:
        September 5, 2020 at 10:03 am

        I agree! Great work!

    2. cindy clark says:
      September 5, 2020 at 10:28 am

      Good for you! My husband’s master’s thesis dealt with leachate at a former landfill site in Texas. He went on in his career as a hydrogeologist.

  2. Dottie Laudeman says:
    September 5, 2020 at 9:34 am

    Thanks for expanding my horizon, Lori! Enjoyed reading up on this one!

  3. cindy clark says:
    September 5, 2020 at 10:31 am

    hydro geologist. I see this painting, I always think the missus is irritated with her husband…and thinking.. hurry up with this pic so I can get back to quilting.

  4. denveremerson1 says:
    September 5, 2020 at 10:34 am

    Thank you for posting American Gothic. I appreciated all the history of it!

  5. Beth says:
    September 5, 2020 at 11:05 am

    Love how you remind me as a Chgo suburbanite to get back to the Art InstItute already

  6. Marta says:
    September 5, 2020 at 11:10 am

    For a moment I thought I was on facebook. I wanted to post Hearts on all the previous posts!!

  7. Marta says:
    September 5, 2020 at 11:21 am

    In my art classes we used to discuss her attitude…did she mind having a pitchfork so close to her face? because she was wearing her cameo, had she dressed up for the portrait? the apron brings it back down to “job description”- housekeeper….was she really a wife? or a spinster daughter to her widowed father? She might be perspiring… a tendril has escaped her hair bun from the back. I always wondered whether she had flowers planted around her porch. I can’t imagine he complimented her cooking…most likely in my imagination it was, “Thank you for supper.”
    just like my farmer granddaddy as he got up from the table.

  8. Laura P Lane says:
    September 5, 2020 at 12:39 pm

    I had an opportunity to see this painting and others by Grant Wood in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was a memorable day at the Worcester Art Museum with my daughter!

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