Learn the impact of Grant Wood's hometown on his world-famous regionalist artworks. Learn the impact of Grant Wood's hometown on his world-famous regionalist artworks.

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 ...

Grant Wood was an American artist and leading figure of the Regionalist movement. Known for his smoothly rendered paintings of the American Midwest, his iconic work American Gothic (1930), has become ...

Grant Wood’s inspiration, which he chanced to see when he was being driven around by a local artist in the summer of 1930, is on a slight rise above the town. What drew Wood was the upstairs front ...

Grant Wood (1891-1942) was an American painter, born four miles east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly his painting “American ...