Grant Wood - American Gothic (1930) - genèse du tableau

Grant Wood 1891-1942

 

Grant Wood -  American Gothic (1930)

huile - 78 x 65 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

Wood's strange painting of a solemn Iowa farmer with pitchfork and his wistful wife.

The Guardian said:

 American Gothic is the sort of painting on which everyone has a different opinion. Is it a celebration of working traditions and values of the mid-west? Is it romantically nostalgic to a time that has gone forever? Or is the artist sending these people up; does he resent them?

 

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