File:Grant_Wood.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Grant Wood
Sign in to saveAlso known as Grant DeVolson Wood, Wood, Grant Devolson Wood
American painter (1891–1942)
OverviewAI-generated
Grant Wood (1891–1942) was an American painter, printmaker, and university teacher. Born in Anamosa, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian. His artistic output included portrait, landscape, and still life paintings, with notable works such as *American Gothic* and *Daughters of Revolution*. Wood served as an employee of the University of Iowa.
His works are held in collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Wood died in Chicago from pancreatic cancer.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1891
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Catalogue of the first New York exhibition of paintings and drawings by Grant Wood
- The Grant Wood collection
- Grant Wood and Marvin Cone
- Catalogue of the first New York exhibition of drawings and paintings by Grant Wood
- Catalogue of a loan exhibition of drawings and paintings by Grant Wood
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947-06-01
Discography
- I’ve Got My Own Album to Do1974
- Now Look1975
- Gimme Some Neck1979
- 12341981
- Slide on This1992
- Not for Beginners2001
- I Feel Like Playing2010
- Just One Kiss2021
- Blue Christmas2021
- Fearless: EP2025
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 26
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Grant+Wood">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,696x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II
· 1993 · cited 10,581x
- Toward a knowledge‐based theory of the firm
· 1996 · cited 10,490x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Grant DeVolson Wood , ( 1891-02-13 ) February 13, 1891, Anamosa, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- February 12, 1942 (1942-02-12) (aged 50), Iowa City, Iowa , U.S.
- Education
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Known for
- Painting, architect
- Notable work
- American Gothic
- Movement
- Regionalism
- Relatives
- Nan Wood Graham (sister)
via Wikipedia infobox
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grant Wood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.