Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs no introduction. It’s a deceptively simple work of art—a seemingly straightforward portrait of an old farmer and his daughter, pictured in ...

ELDON — What could have happened between the man and woman in one of America's most famous paintings? That's what Brad Schuster, a RAGBRAI rider from Denver, Colorado, wondered when he witnessed the ...

Visitors to the American Gothic House Center are encouraged to play the part of the famous pair from the painting. Alex Palmer Beginning May 1, visitors to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will notice some strange ...

A small Iowa town of just under 800 people is home to one of the most iconic homes in American art history. Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American ...

On an unassuming street in Eldon, Iowa — population 785 — a little white house that inspired one of the world’s most famous paintings sits on a grassy lawn. Built in the 1880s by a local family, the ...

DES MOINES (AP) -- A Grant Wood painting that sold for $6.96 million at a Sotheby's auction may be a record for the artist who was immortalized with "American Gothic." "I'm not aware of anything ...

Grant Wood’s “American Gothic ” painting (and all of its parodies) may be legendary, but most people don’t realize that the little white farmhouse in the background is real — that it’s in Eldon, Iowa ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - TV9’s Emily Schrad and Becky Phelps talk about the life and legacy of Iowa artist Grant Wood. You may know his famous painting ‘American Gothic’, but you almost didn’t know ...

Grant Wood, born on February 13, 1891, in Anamosa, Iowa, was a seminal American painter best known for his role in the Regionalist movement and his iconic painting "American Gothic." Wood studied at ...

Harold Smith’s newest paintings take familiar works of art like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” and Leonardo DaVinci’s “The Last Supper” and reimagines them with ...