1. Grant Wood - Great American Artist
This note was lead to the famous painting, American Gothic (Evans, page 20). As American Gothic stands alone as one of an important aspect of a clear, forceful and sarcastic Midwestern mentality, Grant Wood was inspired by a carpenter gothic style house, with a high arched window in Eldon, Iowa. ... The couple stood in front of the Gothic house. ... Taking around three months to paint, American Gothic was finished. The debut of American Gothic was at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930, where he won bronze and a $300 prize. ...
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