Grant Wood
Grant DeVolson Wood
American
American painter, notable for painting rural scenes of the American Midwest. - AsNotedIn
American painter, notable for painting rural scenes of the American Midwest. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1891/02/13 | Born | Born | Anamosa | Iowa | Grant Wood's Birthday | ||
| 1897/00/00 | Elementary School | Education | Antioch School | Jackson Township | |||
| 1901/09/00 | Home | Grant Wood's childhood home | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1913/00/00 | Grant Wood enrolls at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Education | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | |||
| 1917/00/00 | With his friend Paul Hanson, Grant Wood, builds a small bungalow at 3178 Grove Ct SE. Wood, his mother and sister Nan lived here from 1917 to 1924. | Builder, Home | Wood Cottage | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1923/00/00 | Grant Wood remodels Sinclairs' into a Mortuary for John and David Turner. He decorated the interior, landscaped the grounds, designed the iron gates out front which became Turner's logo, the stained-glass window in the chapel and biers to hold caskets. | Architect | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1924/00/00 | At the request of the Turners, Wood begins to build a studio and residence above the garage. Living rent-free allows Grant to give up his teaching at McKinley High School. Wood designed the iron work, a sunken bathtub, skylights and checkerboard floor. | Home and Studio | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1926/00/00 | Grant Wood studies art in Europe 1920-1926, notably Flemish Renaissance paintings | Education | |||||
| 1926/00/00 | Dr McKeeby home, 2649 Meadowbrook DR SE. Although Grant Wood did the interior decorating in both Dr McKeeby's home and office, nothing remains which can be specifically identified. Dr McKeeby was the dentist who posed for "American Gothic." | Decorator | American Gothic (painting) | ||||
| 1929/00/00 | Floral designs in stucco walls of a second floor porch are designed and applied by Grant Wood. | Decorator | T M Sinclair Mansion | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1930/08/00 | Grant Wood sketches the Dibble house, setting in 'American Gothic' | Painter | American Gothic (painting) | American Gothic House | Eldon | ||
| 1930/11/00 | American Gothic wins $300 at The Art Institute of Chicago's 43rd Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, 30 October to 14 December 1930. The painting is promptly purchased by the museum. | Painter | American Gothic (painting) | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | ||
| 1931/00/00 | Grant Wood makes sketches for his painting 'Fall Plowing' | Art connection | Fall Plowing | Grant Wood's 'Fall Plowing' Rural Historic Landscape District | Viola | ||
| 1931/00/00 | Grant Wood paints 'Fall Plowing' | Painter | Fall Plowing | ||||
| 1931/00/00 | Grant Wood paints 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere' | Painter | The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting) | The Midnight Ride | |||
| 1932/00/00 | Grant, his sister Nan, and their mother are injured in a fire in the studio. Grant replaced the original wooden floor with the one that remains today. | Health | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1932/00/00 | With little more than $100 and promissory notes based on the success of the art colony, Grant Wood and Adrian Dornbush establish an art colony on the Green estate in Stone City. | Stone City Art Colony | John A Green Estate | Anamosa | |||
| 1933/00/00 | Grant Wood drew the plans for the Hazel Brown home, 2398 Blake Blvd SE, for his friend Hazel Brown and her parents. Named "Northwest Chalet", the house features a high-pitched roof. | Architect | |||||
| 1933/00/00 | Everett Jeffery and other artist from the Stone City paint a mural depicting a lynching (1st St and 2nd Ave courtroom). In 1960, Judge McManus had it painted over with paint that is designed to come off the wall and not damage the murals underneath. | Stone City Art Colony | May's Island | ||||
| 1933/09/00 | With construction beginning Oct 1932, the Robert and Esther Armstrong House is built for Armstrong's Department Store owner, Robert Armstrong. | Architect, Interior Designer | Robert and Esther Armstrong House | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1933/10/00 | Semi-circular garden seat is made of stones salvaged from an abandoned mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery. Table is the mill wheel from Armstrong's grandfather's, William Cooper, mill originally located on the Cedar River at c 100 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids. | Landscape Architect | Robert and Esther Armstrong House | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1935/00/00 | Mr Wood buys a home. | Oakes-Wood House | Iowa City | ||||
| 1942/02/12 | Died |
3 Creative Works by Grant Wood »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| American Gothic (painting) | Painter | Painting | 1930/11/00 |
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| Fall Plowing | Painter | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting) | Painter | Painting | 1931/00/00 |
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