Grant Wood
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Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891-1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter best known for his drawings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic (1930), which has since been regarded as one of the twentieth century's most popular painting.
Early life
Wood was born in rural Iowa, 4 miles (6 km) east of Anamosa, in 1891, the son of Hattie DeWitte Weaver Wood and Francis Maryville Wood. Since his father died in 1901, his mother moved the family to Cedar Rapids. Wood began as an apprentice in a local metal shop shortly after. Wood received a diploma from Washington High School and joined The Handicraft Guild, an art school run entirely by women in Minneapolis in 1910.
He enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1913 and did some work as a silversmith.
Personal life
Wood was married to Sara Sherman Maxon from 1935 to 1938. Wood's union was seen as a mistake by a friend.
Wood is thought to have been a closeted homosexual, and that a bid was made by a senior colleague, Lester Longman, to have him fired both on moral and political grounds. Janet Maslin, a writer, claims that his acquaintances knew him to be "homosexual and a bit facetious in his masquerade as a total-clad farm boy." Wood may have returned as a professor if not for his increasing health issues, according to the university's administration.
Wood, a lifelong Freemason and Member of Mount Hermon Lodge #263 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was a dedicated Freemason and member of the Masonic Lodge #263. Master Mason's 3rd Degree he painted The First Three Degrees of Freemasonry in 1921. Grant Wood's life inspired a number of pieces of work in his lifetime, extending his moral and ethical convictions.
Career
Wood, who was in the middle of World War I, served as an artist designing camouflage scenes as well as other art.
Wood taught art to junior high school students in the Cedar Rapids public school system from 1919 to 1925. He enjoyed summer trips to Europe to study art because of his financial stability and seasonality. In addition,, he took a leave of absence for the 1923-1924 school year so he could spend a year studying in Europe.
Wood lived in the loft of a carriage house in Cedar Rapids, which he converted into his personal studio at "5 Turner Alley" from 1922 to 1935 (the studio did not have a name until Wood made one up).
Wood lived in Europe from 1922 to 1928, where he studied many styles of painting, particularly Impressionism and post-Impressionism. Nevertheless, it was the work of the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, who influenced him to relinquish this technique and integrate it in his latest paintings. In addition, his 1928 trip to Munich was to oversee the construction of the stained glass windows he had conceived for a Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids.
Wood, a 1932, helped artists escape the Great Depression by establishing the Stone City Art Colony near his hometown to help artists get through the Great Depression. He became a leading proponent of regionalism in the arts, lecturing around the globe on the subject. His bohemian days in Paris were erased from his public persona as his classically American image was solidified.
Wood studied painting at the University of Iowa's School of Art from 1934 to 1941. During this period, he supervised mural painting projects, mentored students, created a variety of his own creations, and became a vital part of the University's cultural community.
