Grant+Woods

My artist's name is Grant DeVolson Woods. He was born on February 13, 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa. After is father died in 1901, the family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This artist was famous for figuritive paintings of rural american themes in Regionalism. He went to Washington High School. He enrolled in an art school in Minneapolis in 1901. He returned there a year later to teach in a one room school- house. He also attended The Art Institute of Chicago, and did some work as a silversmith. Grant Woods did many spectacular things in his lifetime. He taught painting at the University Of Iowa's School of Art in 1934. He also helped found Stone City Art Colony to help people get over the Great Depression. His 3 most well known art works are the 1930 painting, "American Gothic," the 1935 painting, "Death on Ridge Road," and the 1941 painting, "Spring in Town." Sadly, he died of liver cancer at University Hospitial on February 12, 1942, a day before is birthday. His most known painting, "American Gothic", remains the most detailed painting of his career."Spring in Town", In the top left, can be found at the website: [].