"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a pitchfork ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Muscatine Art Center will welcome back acclaimed art scholar Carol Ehlers from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, from 5:30 to ...

What gives some works of art incredible staying power while others fade into obscurity? But as nearly a million annual visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago will tell you, the original image is ...

The work of Grant Wood evokes the history and culture of the Midwest, but it really only shows a narrow view of the Midwestern experience. This year, the Grant Wood Art Colony Symposium is inspired by ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — As a teacher at McKinley Junior High in Cedar Rapids in the 1920s, Grant Wood — an artist known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest — created a bench for misbehaving ...

The Sioux City Art Center is planning to show off the newly restored Grant Wood Corn Room Mural at its spring fundraiser. Center director Todd Behrens says it will be the first look at the restored ...

Thirty-seven years ago this week, Geraldo Rivera hosted a hugely publicized opening of what was hyped as a secret Al Capone treasure vault in Chicago. To Rivera’s embarrassment, the two-hour live TV ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Beginning June 13, the entire Grant Wood Corn Room Mural will be on display at the Sioux City Art Center ...

Grant Wood, born on February 13, 1891, in Anamosa, Iowa, was a seminal American painter best known for his role in the Regionalist movement and his iconic painting "American Gothic." Wood studied at ...

The Muscatine Art Center will welcome back acclaimed art scholar Carol Ehlers from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for her presentation, “Marvin Cone and Grant Wood: Their ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Grant Wood papers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1983. Included are three newspaper obituaries for Grant Wood and six letters ...