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American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
Susie Kent Southwick - Brooklyn Museum. When fortune permitted, Wood went to Boston and studied for a short time in the studio of Chester Harding, a portrait painter.In 1850 he married Miss Minerva Robinson, then living in Waterbury, Vermont, and in the same year he built a summer home in the Carpenter Gothic style on the west side of the mountain gorge through which the road leads up to ...
Grant Wood's boyhood home, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in Iowa. [2]Wood was born in rural Iowa, 4 mi (6.43 km) east of Anamosa, on February 13, 1891, the son of Hattie DeEtte Weaver Wood and Francis Maryville Wood.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac says only a few spots will see snow this Christmas. News. News. Associated Press. 7 foreigners hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar. News.
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac $8.22 at amazon.com While you’ve probably heard of The Old Farmer’s Almanac , you may not know that it’s a publication that was founded by Robert B. Thomas in ...
The Angelus (French: L'Angélus) is an oil painting by French painter Jean-François Millet, completed between 1857 and 1859.. The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, the Angelus, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day's work.
The Old Farmer's Almanac. First printed in 1792 by Robert B. Thomas. Predicts next year's weather for 18 regions in the United States and seven in Canada.
Robert Bailey Thomas (April 24, 1766 - May 19, 1846), also spelled Robert Bayley Thomas, was an American who created, and for a long time published, the Old Farmer's Almanac. Thomas was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, served for a time as a schoolteacher and then bookbinder and book seller. In 1792 he began his almanac which he continued to ...