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America, Americana, Grant Wood, Iowa, landscapes, painting, presidents
Grant Wood (b. 1891) was an American painter known for his depictions of the rural American Midwest. Wood taught painting at The University of Iowa in the 1930s. An exemplar of the Regionalism movement in painting, Wood’s work almost exclusively depicts life in his native rural Iowa. Wood’s painting American Gothic is among the most recognizable pieces of art in human history and is famously housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. Wood’s work entered the public domain in 2013. Click through the below image twice for a high resolution image of Wood’s The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa. –Gabe Galloway