Grant Wood was an American Regionalist painter noted for his clear, stylized depictions of rural Midwestern life. He elevated the plain portrait of a dour farmstead to aesthetic heights with American Gothic, and he often transformed ordinary rural scenes into images of a country rich in the arts of peace - a homely, lovable nation he believed was worthy of any sacrifice necessary to its preservation. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 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 | |||
| 1924/00/00 | Grant studies at the Academie Julian in Paris, France, 1923-1924, before continuing his travels through Italy. | Education | |||||
| 1924/00/00 | Grant Wood crafts a door for his studio from a primitive coffin lid, covers it in linen and paints it. A glass window is lettered to indicated where he is. | Artist | Door to 5 Turner Alley | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | ||
| 1925/00/00 | Grant Wood crafts a Corn Chandelier with cob light holders for the Iowa Corn Room at the Hotel Montrose (lost) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1925-1926. | Artist | Chandelier for Iowa Corn Room | Corn | |||
| 1925/00/00 | Grant Wood turns his eye to Cedar Rapids industry, painting the J G Cherry Co's capturing the factory's buildings and the men who worked its floors in a series of portraits that blend regionalist clarity with the everyday character of Cherry's workforce. | Painter | J G Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 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 | Dr Dolson was noted for his beautiful gardens. David Turner told Marilyn Pickens that Wood designed the landscaping for the Dolson home in a manner similar to his. Landscaping was intact as of 1989. | Landscape Architect | Dolson House | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 1929/00/00 | Wood landscapes David Turner's residence with Stone City stone, paints the interior French doors a delicate floral design and, in several rooms, attaches wood strips to plaster, then antiques them a muted olive green. Much remains intact as of 1989. | Landscape Architect | David Turner House | Cedar Rapids | |||
| 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 | About mid-August, while touring Eldon, Grant Wood sees the Dibble House and immediately makes a rough sketch on the back of an envelope. The next day, after getting permission from the homeowners, Wood sits in the front yard and paints a study. | Painter | American Gothic (painting) | American Gothic House | Eldon | ||
| 1930/09/00 | Wood spends about three intense weeks in his studio painting American Gothic, weaving separate studies of the farmer, the farmers wife, and the Carpenter Gothic house in Eldon, since his models never posed together. He also refined the pointed window. | Painter | American Gothic (painting) | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | ||
| 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) | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | The Midnight Ride | |
| 1931/00/00 | Grant Wood paints Victorian Survival. | Artist | Victorian Survival (painting) | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 1934/00/00 | Drawing on childhood memories of his family's Iowa farm, Grant Wood completes "Dinner for Threshers", a study for a mural commission that he will never receive. | Artist | Dinner for Threshers (painting) | Grant Wood Studio and Visitor Center | Cedar Rapids | ||
| 1935/00/00 | Mr Wood buys a home. | Home | Oakes-Wood House | Iowa City | |||
| 1935/00/00 | Iowa painter Grant Wood is commissioned to create nine illustrations for the 1937 Special Editions Club reissue of Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street". The project leads him to produce a series of chalk-and-ink character drawings. | Illustrator | Main Street (book) | ||||
| 1936/00/00 | Grant Wood produces "The Perfectionist" using chalk and ink, one of nine large drawings he made to illustrate a special edition of Sinclair Lewis's novel, Main Street. The series reflects Woods interest in character studies and rural American types. | Artist | The Perfectionist (drawing) | ||||
| 1939/00/00 | Grant Wood paints Parson Weems' Fable. | Artist | Parson Weems' Fable (painting) | ||||
| 1941/00/00 | Grant Wood paints Spring in Town. | Artist | Spring in Town (painting) | ||||
| 1942/02/12 | Died | Died |
53 Creative Works by Grant Wood »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Old Sexton's Place (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1919/00/00 | |
| First Three Degrees of Freemasonry (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1921/00/00 | |
| Mouner's Bench (furniture) | Artist | 1922/00/00 | ||
| Spotted Man (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1924/00/00 | |
| Door to 5 Turner Alley | Artist | Door | 1924/00/00 | |
| J G Cherry Factory Inspector (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| J G Cherry Factory Welder (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| J G Cherry Factory Plumber (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| J G Cherry Factory Lathe Hand (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| Chandelier for Iowa Corn Room | Artist | Chandelier | 1925/00/00 |
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| J G Cherry Factory Painter (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| J G Cherry Factory Pressman (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1925/00/00 | |
| The Little Chapel Chancelade (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1926/00/00 | |
| Woman with Plants (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1929/00/00 | |
| Arnold Comes of Age (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1930/00/00 | |
| Stone City, Iowa (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1930/00/00 | |
| 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 | |
| Appraisal (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| Plaid Sweater (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| Young Corn (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| Victorian Survival (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1931/00/00 | |
| Daughters of Revolution (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Farmer's Wife with Chickens (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Grant Wood Self-Portrait (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Farmer with Pigs and Corn (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Farmer's Daughter with Vegetables (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Arbor Day (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Iowa Farm Landscape (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Farmer's Son with Watermelon (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Boy Milking Cow (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Fruit Basket (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1932/00/00 | |
| Portrait of Nan (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1933/00/00 | |
| Near Sundown (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1933/00/00 | |
| Dinner for Threshers (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1934/00/00 | |
| Death on Ridge Road (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1935/00/00 | |
| Main Street (book) | Illustrator | Novel | 1935/00/00 |
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| Return from Bohemia (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1935/00/00 | |
| The Perfectionist (drawing) | Artist | Drawing | 1936/00/00 |
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| Spring Turning (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1936/00/00 | |
| The Good Influence (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1936/00/00 | |
| Sultry Night (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1937/00/00 | |
| Seedtime and Harvest (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1937/00/00 | |
| Haying (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1939/00/00 | |
| New Road (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1939/00/00 | |
| Parson Weems' Fable (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1939/00/00 | |
| Sentimental Ballad (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1940/00/00 | |
| January (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1940/00/00 | |
| Iowa Cornfield (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1941/00/00 | |
| Spring in the Country (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1941/00/00 | |
| Spring in Town (painting) | Artist | Painting | 1941/00/00 |
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