... Centennial Lectures” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 10 (1983): 252–75. See also Brown, Grant Wood and Marvin Cone, 67. 10. James M. Dennis, Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture (New York: Viking, 1975), 242. 11.
17. Ibid., 60. 18. Ibid, 5 1 9. Arthur W. Dow, Theory and Practice of Teaching Art (New York: Columbio University Press, 1 908), 4. 20. Frederick C. Moffott, Arthur Wesley Dow (Washington, DC. 5mirhsonian Institution Press, 1977), 50.
A major new profile of the celebrated regionalist artist draws on his correspondence, unfinished biography and other direct sources to reveal his education and private conflicts while assessing how such pieces as American Gothic contrast ...
We see Wood’s homosexuality and how his studied masculinity was a ruse that shaped his work. Here is Wood’s life and work explored more deeply and insightfully than ever before.
Incisive artistic commentary combines with a biographical profile and lush reproductions to provide a definitive overview of the life and art of American painter Grant Wood, creator of such famous works as American Gothic.
Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture
Discusses the paintings of Grant Wood, famous for his painting "American Gothic," explaining how they related to his life and why he painted the way he did, along with a brief biography of the artist.
Traces the life of the Iowa artist, discusses his regionalistic approach to art, and explains why he has been out of favor with critics in the past
Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision
"Best know for his famous canvas American Gothic (1930) American Artist Grant Wood pioneered a new vision of regionalist art .