art movement: regionalism |
five facts about the artist |
Assigned artist: grant woodArtist quote: "All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow."Picture of artwork |
1. Grant Wood was born on Feb. 13, 1891, at Anamosa, Iowa
2. His father, a farmer, died in 1901, and the family moved to Cedar Rapids. 3. Grant took drawing lessons from local artists and attended high school. 4. In 1916 he registered at the Art Institute for full-time study as a "fresco painter." 5. He studied design briefly in Minneapolis at the Handicraft Guild, taught school near Cedar Rapids, and then took a job in 1913 in a silversmith shop in Chicago and attended night classes at the Art Institute. |
title: american gothic
year: 1930
media:
inspiration: Wood's inspiration came from what is now known as the American Gothic House, and his decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house."
year: 1930
media:
inspiration: Wood's inspiration came from what is now known as the American Gothic House, and his decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house."
3 world events
1. In 1931, the "Star Spangled Banner" becomes the country's official national anthem.
2. 1931: Gangster Al ("Scarface") Capone is convicted of tax evasion after years of involvement in bootlegging and gambling
3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a democrat from New York, defeats Hoover for the presidency.
2. 1931: Gangster Al ("Scarface") Capone is convicted of tax evasion after years of involvement in bootlegging and gambling
3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a democrat from New York, defeats Hoover for the presidency.
music connection
genre: hip-hop/rap
artist: future
song title: wicked
influence: gothic colors
artist: future
song title: wicked
influence: gothic colors