American Gothic- Grant Wood

 American Gothic was painted in 1930 by Grant Wood. This painting is Oil on beaverboard, 2'5 7/8"x 2'7/8". This artwork can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Grant Wood was born on February 13, 1891 and lived until February 12, 1942 the day before his birthday. Wood was known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He was widely known for being a Regionalist.
In the painting American Gothic your shown a farmer holding a pitchfork and a young/old looking woman in front of a house ;of Carpenter Gothic Style. The man is shown in overalls and a blazer of some sort and the woman is shown in a colonial apron and the both carry the same non-expressive facial expression. This painting is a abstract form of expressionism and really shows the American Midwest by the way that Grant Wood saw it as. I chose this painting because it is not only a iconic painting in American History but because It is the most parodied piece of art work in pop culture.