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Grant Wood Art

American, 1891-1942
One of the major American Regionalist painters along with Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood was born in Anamosa, Iowa, and spent his childhood in Cedar Rapids. Unlike Curry and Benton, he never moved East but remained in the Middle West where he found inspiration for his paintings of prosperous farms and people reflecting idealized American values. However, his work was set apart from many regionalists in that provoked both laughter and social indignation. A good example Daughters of Revolution, 1932, depicting the aloof smugness of women who regarded themselves as emblematic of the country's founding values This painting was a retaliation by Wood against DAR members who had criticized him for completing their window in Germany instead of America. Much of his satire was good natured and humorous. For two summers, Wood attended the Minneapolis School of Design and Handicraft and Normal Art as a student of Ernest Batchelder, and he had brief times of study at Iowa State University and the Art Institute of Chicago from 1913 to 1916. After World War I, he taught high school art in Cedar Rapids. Asserting that he "had to go to France to appreciate Iowa," he had several trips abroad, and in 1923 enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris, but he determined to make his life in Iowa because "all the really good ideas I'd ever had came to me while I was milking a cow." In 1932, he was co-founder of the Stone City Art Colony and Art School and he became director of the Public Works Art Project in Iowa. He was also an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. His work can be divided into two periods, the first being views of Cedar Rapids, other landscapes including scenes of Europe, and a few portraits. However, in 1928, his work changed when he traveled to Munich to oversee the making of a stained-glass window for the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Building commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Seeing the severe, austere new style of painting in Germany combined with work from the late Gothic period, he developed a unique new style of his own that treated mid-western subjects with Gothic overtones, satire, and caricature. In 1930, he produced his first major landscape painting, Stone City, that had exaggerated perspective and unique naive treatment. From that time, his paintings had a simple innocence and fantasy that transported the viewer into another world, often that of a child. He also did many murals and a few lithographs, completing nineteen between 1937 and 1942, the year he died of cancer at age 50 in Iowa City. Sources include: Matthew Baigell, Dictionary of American Art Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
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Artist: Grant Wood
Grant Wood Original Pencil Signed Lithograph, 1940 - February
Grant Wood Original Pencil Signed Lithograph, 1940 - February

Grant Wood Original Pencil Signed Lithograph, 1940 - February

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Grant Wood, 'July Fifteenth, 1938', lithograph, edition 250, 1938, Cole 5. Signed in pencil. A superb impression on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 3/16 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 9 x 11 7/8 inches; sheet size 11 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Printed by master lithographer George C. Miller. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, in 1938. Reproduced and Exhibited: 'American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection', the trust for museum exhibitions Washington, D.C., 1987; 'Pressed In Time: American Prints 1905-1950', Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, 2007. Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Des Moines Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Huntington Library Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Milwaukee Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Smithsonian America Art Museum, Sioux City Art Center, Whitney Museum of American Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Grant Wood (1892- 1942) was born in Anamona, Iowa, and lived for ten years on a farm in that area. When his father died in 1901, his mother sold the farm and moved to Cedar Rapids, which was to remain the center of Wood’s world. Principally self-taught, Wood received his art education in a summer class at the Minneapolis School of Design, Handicraft and Normal Art; two years at the University of Iowa; and night school at the Art Institute of Chicago. He made several trips to Europe and studied briefly at the Académie Julien in Paris. Wood was cofounder of the Stone City Art Colony and Art School and was director of the Public Works of Art Project in Iowa from 1933-1934. On a trip to Munich in 1928 to supervise the execution of a stained glass window for the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Building, he studied the northern Renaissance masters, whose crystalline realism and work with layered oil glazes influenced his highly-crafted style of painting. Wood’s other sources of inspiration were American folk paintings and nineteenth-century townscapes. The turning point in Wood’s career came in 1930 when he won a bronze medal at the Art Institute of Chicago for his painting American Gothic. The image received national recognition, and Wood became famous overnight. In 1937, Wood began making lithographs for the Associated American Artists. These works, imbued with the same humorous satire and meticulous craftsmanship that Wood employed in his paintings, are celebrated as iconic images of American Regionalism...

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A very good impression of this lithograph. Edition of 250. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York.

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Grant Wood, 'Tree Planting Group', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Cole 1. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove pap...

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Original Grant Wood Lithograph 1938 Framed American Investment Quality Rare

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Find a wide variety of authentic Grant Wood art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Grant Wood in lithograph and more. Not every interior allows for large Grant Wood art, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Reginald Marsh, Armin Landeck, and Cecil Crosley Bell. Grant Wood art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11,800 and tops out at $11,800, while the average work can sell for $11,800.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024
    How much a Grant Wood painting is worth varies based on its size, historical significance, condition and other factors. In 2005, his piece Spring Plowing fetched more than $6.9 million at a New York auction. The American artist developed a unique style of his own that treated Midwestern subjects with Gothic overtones, satire and caricature. His paintings have a simple innocence and fantasy that transport the viewer into another world, often that of a child. To learn the estimated value of a particular Wood piece, consult a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer. Find a range of Grant Wood art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024
    Grant Wood is from Iowa. The American artist was born in Anamosa, Iowa, in 1891 and grew up in nearby Cedar Rapids. Unlike other American regionalist painters like John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, Wood never moved East but remained in the Middle West, where he found inspiration for his paintings of prosperous farms and people reflecting idealized American values. He died in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1942, at the age of 51. Find an extraordinary collection of art for sale on 1stDibs.