Grant Wood

Grant Wood I recently went to the Joslyn museum. They have many wonderful pictures in the permanent collection. Though I caught my attention, I have seen it many times, I did not know anything, it was a picture called Iowa State Stone City created by Grantwood in 1930. This picture is oil on wooden board, 301/4 X 40 inches. Grant Wood is a famous philosopher born in Anamosa, Iowa in February 1891. Wood was born on Quaker's parents' small farm.

Autumn is a great opportunity to discover the Iowa Trail - what is a better time to visit the Grantwood scenic area than his 125th anniversary? I explored the famous American regionalist painter Grant Wood who grew up in eastern Iowa and organized colonies of artists in Stone City, which was often inspired by landscapes. The Decker House Hotel was completed in 1878, and the population and prosperity of Moko keta soared. James Decker, an entrepreneur based in New York, owns a hotel designed by W. W. Tucker. He wants to take advantage of the increase in travelers who have to travel in Maquoketa County or business. When the Decker House opened in 1878, it was the most elegant and fulfilling hotel in the community. The hotel is open today and is listed in the national history registered goods.

Because his iconic work in 1930 is American Gothic, Grant Wood is easy to be one of America's most famous artists. Even today, I do not necessarily remember the name of Grantwood or the title of an image, but it will surely be recognized when I see American Goth. This painting is known all over the world as symbolic performance of American identity, and all of them are home to Gothic style houses by farmers and his daughter. At first glance, the painting itself seems to have only a simple meaning to represent people in the town of Iowa, but if you look at the meaning in detail, it may be deeper.

If Grantwood did not make the picture of "American Gothic" (1930), the Whitney Museum will not have Grantwood retrospective. This is disappointing as this program was fascinated by the embarrassing beliefs in the United States of the 1930s, especially the cultural war between Cosmopolitanism and Natinist emotions. However, the idea of ​​Iowa who died of pancreatic cancer the day before the birthday of 51 years old in 1942 was an underestimated artist. "American Gothic" is a very effective painting - not his best picture, but I recommended "Treader Dinner" (1934) for this. Discipline is perfect for Wood's pros and imaginative designs. He is an unfamiliar person, sometimes impressive, mainly strange, sometimes magical and terrible, having a procedural sense of mission.