Grant Wood is one of the most important American painters of the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his realistic portrayals of rural American landscapes and people, and was a central figure in the Regionalism movement.

Grant Wood's biography

• Born February 13, 1891 in rural Iowa
• Entered the Minnesota School of Art in 1913
• American rural painting becomes popular in the 1920s
• Died February 12, 1942, in Iowa

Representative works

• "American Gothic" 1930
• "Fall Plowing" 1931
• "Midwestern" 1931

Wood's masterpiece, "American Gothic," is a painting of an Iowa farmer and his wife, and is widely known as a work that symbolizes the values ​​and traditions of rural America. His work realistically depicts the American land and the lives of hardworking farmers, and is imbued with a deep sense of nostalgia. It is characterized by simple, easy-to-understand designs and flat colors. His style is not born out of a backlash against the all-powerful Americanism of the time, but rather is often interpreted as an expression of traditional American values ​​and nostalgia for rural life. Grant Wood is regarded as an important regionalist painter who embodied American values.