Grant Wood
Grant Wood
Grant DeVolson Woodwas an American painter born four mileseast of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, an iconic painting of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth13 February 1891
CityAnamosa, IA
CountryUnited States of America
barely house lower painting stand
In the house itself, the gable is much lower than in the painting -- you can only stand up just barely at the apex.
ideas cows incubation
All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
boys hay fields
Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, you all had great moments, but you never tasted the supreme triumph; you were never a farm boy riding in from the fields on a bulging rack of new-mown hay.
iowa appreciate france
I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa.
wine beer fish-tanks
You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish.