It’s now almost a century old, and American Gothic has cemented its place in both American art and on our list of 12 famous paintings with the stories behind them. 8. The Night Watch by ...

We decided to title each episode after a famous American painting that had some sort of ... The two-hour finale of American Gothic airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.

Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American Gothic," on a unique home in the small town of Eldon, on the banks of the Des Moines River in southeastern ...

In 1930, Wood entered a competition at The Art Institute of Chicago, submitting American Gothic (a reference to the farmhouse's architectural style), and won the bronze prize, $300, and ...

Wood’s inspiration for American Gothic was sparked by a leisurely ... what would become his—and perhaps America’s—most famous painting. Of course, the artist wasn’t finished.

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When American Gothic was first exhibited at the Art ... suggesting the already famous painting rubbed some fellow faculty members the wrong way. It appears this estrangement persists into the ...

In his new book, American Gothic, published to coincide with the painting’s 75 th anniversary, Harvard historian Steven Biel traces the cultural history of Wood’s famous portrait of a dour ...

Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American Gothic," on a unique home in the small town of Eldon, on the banks of the Des Moines River in southeastern ...