"noting the 1,000+ listeners in attendance and the enthusiastic reception of Daugherty's groundbreaking foray into ""orchestral bluegrass"" in the third movement. American Gothic (composition) American Gothic is an orchestral composition by the American composer Michael Daugherty. The approximately 20-minute work is composed in three movements inspired by the paintings of the Iowan artist Grant Wood (1891-1942). Daugherty is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the piece premiered on May 4, 2013, at Cedar Rapids' Paramount Theatre, with Timothy Hankewich, conductor. Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3"
"Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly ""American Gothic"" (1930), which has become an iconic painting of the 20th century. Wood was born in rural Iowa, 4 mi (6 km) east of Anamosa, in 1891. His mother moved the family to Cedar Rapids, after his father died in 1901. Soon thereafter, Wood began as an apprentice in a local metal shop. After graduating from Washington High School, Wood enrolled in The Handicraft Guild, an art school run entirely by women"
"painting ""American Gothic"", which is also one of the most famous paintings in American art, and one of the few images to reach the status of widely recognised cultural icon, comparable to Leonardo da Vinci's ""Mona Lisa"" and Edvard Munch's ""The Scream"". ""American Gothic"" was first exhibited in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it is still located. It was given a $300 prize and made news stories country-wide, bringing Wood immediate recognition. Since then, it has been borrowed and satirized endlessly for advertisements and cartoons. Art critics who had favorable opinions about the painting, such as Gertrude"
"was hired in 1940, along with eight other prominent American artists, to document and interpret dramatic scenes and characters during the production of the film ""The Long Voyage Home"", a cinematic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's plays. Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly ""American Gothic"" (1930), which has become an iconic painting of the 20th century. Wood was born in rural Iowa, 4 mi (6 km) east of Anamosa, in 1891. His mother moved the family to Cedar Rapids, after"
"painting by Grant Wood from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and a younger woman in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the most familiar images in 20th-century American art. Art critics assumed it was satirical in intent; it was thought to be part of the trend towards increasingly critical depictions of rural America exemplified by Sherwood Anderson's ""1919 Winesburg, Ohio"", Sinclair Lewis' 1920 ""Main Street"", and Carl Van Vechten's ""The Tattooed Countess"" in literature. However, with the onset of the Great Depression, the painting came to be seen as a depiction of steadfast American"
"empty outside the diner, and inside none of the three patrons is apparently looking or talking to the others but instead is lost in their own thoughts. This portrayal of modern urban life as empty or lonely is a common theme throughout Hopper's work. ""American Gothic"" is a painting by Grant Wood from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and a younger woman in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the most familiar images in 20th-century American art. Art critics had favorable opinions about the painting, like Gertrude Stein and Christopher Morley, they assumed the"
"along with his mother, and as a studio. It was here at #5 Turner Alley that he painted two of his most famous paintings, ""American Gothic"" (1930) and ""Stone City"" (1930). Wood also worked as a decorator when he lived here and designed the interior of the main house when it was converted into a funeral home. His work included two stained glass windows that flank the main entrance. Several Wood paintings also hung in the funeral home. The house is a 2½-story, brick Georgian Revival structure. It features a symmetrical facade and a hipped roof with three gable dormers."
"was originally purchased by the museum in 1942 for $3,000; its acquisition ""launched"" the painting into ""immense popular recognition."" Considered an ""icon of American culture"", ""Nighthawks"" is perhaps Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable images in American art. ""American Gothic"" has been in the museum's collection since 1930 and was only just recently loaned outside of North America for the first time in 2016. Wood's painting depicts what has been called ""the most famous couple in the world,"" a dour, rural-American, father and daughter. It was entered into a contest at the Art Institute"
"work commissioned for the collection being a landscape painting by Asher B. Durand. Items in the American Art collection include portraits, pastels, sculptures, and prints; all items in the collection date to between c. 1720 and c. 1945. Represented in the American Art collection are works by artists such as William Edmondson (""Angel"", date unknown), John Singer Sargent's ""Paul César Helleu sketching his wife Alice Guérin"" (ca. 1889); Georgia O'Keeffe's ""Dark Tree Trunks"" (ca. 1946), and Winslow Homer's ""Eight Bells"" (ca. 1887). Among the most famous works in the collection are Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington and Edward Hicks's"
"Delgado and the Symbolist paintings by Frida Kahlo began a renaissance of the arts for the region, with a use of color and historic, and political messages. Frida Kahlo's Symbolist works also relate strongly to Surrealism and to the Magic Realism movement in literature. The psychological drama in many of Kahlo's self portraits (above) underscore the vitality and relevance of her paintings to artists in the 21st century. ""American Gothic"" is a painting by Grant Wood from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and a younger woman in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the"
"head of the art department at the University of Iowa (Iowa City), a position he continued to hold while also teaching in Des Moines. Encouraged by Cumming most likely, Allen enrolled in the School of Art at the University of Iowa in 1929. In 1932 and 1933 Allen was a student at the Stone City Art Colony and studied under Grant Wood. Iowa artist Grant Wood became internationally known in 1930, with the completion of his painting called ""American Gothic"", and in 1934, he was invited to join the faculty at the University of Iowa. Wood also served as the"
"America Today America Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country. Originally commissioned for The New School for Social Research, it has belonged to the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2012. The mural was commissioned in 1929 by Alvin Saunders Johnson, director of The New School for Social Research in New York City, for the school's boardroom. Benton was not offered any payment beyond material costs. Instead, he saw"
"at the FSA as a trainee under Roy Stryker, Parks created one of his best-known photographs, ""American Gothic, Washington, D.C."", named after the iconic Grant Wood painting, ""American Gothic""—a legendary painting of a traditional, stoic, white American farm couple—which bore a striking, but ironic, resemblance to Parks' photograph of a black menial laborer. Parks' ""haunting"" photograph shows a black woman, Ella Watson, who worked on the cleaning crew of the FSA building, standing stiffly in front of an American flag hanging on the wall, a broom in one hand and a mop in the background. Parks had been inspired to"
"Wood from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and a younger woman in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the most familiar images in 20th-century American art. Art critics had favorable opinions about the painting; like Gertrude Stein and Christopher Morley, they assumed the painting was meant to be a satire of rural small-town life. It was thus seen as part of the trend towards increasingly critical depictions of rural America, along the lines of Sherwood Anderson's 1919 ""Winesburg, Ohio"", Sinclair Lewis's 1920 ""Main Street"", and Carl Van Vechten's ""The Tattooed Countess"" in literature. However,"
"Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The work is a distinguished example of Pollock's 1947-52 poured-painting style, and is often considered one of his most notable works. ""Autumn Rhythm"" was made in the fall of 1950 at Pollock's studio in Springs, New York, as part of a group of paintings he first exhibited at the Betty Parsons Gallery in November–December, 1951. Pollock's technique in the painting, like others made during this part of his career,"
"Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel is a 1903 oil on canvas portrait painting by American portrait painter John Singer Sargent of Gretchen Osgood Warren, an American actress, singer, and poet, and her daughter Rachel Warren. The painting measures at and is exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. The museum acquired it on 13 May 1964. Margaret Gretchen Osgood Warren was born in 1871 to an affluent family in the historic neighborhood of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. Because of her family's wealth, she could"
"American Gothic (1988 film) American Gothic is a 1988 British-Canadian horror film directed by John Hough and starring Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo and Michael J. Pollard. Cynthia is traumatized by the death of her baby after leaving him in a bathtub, where he accidentally drowned. She and five of her friends, Jeff, Rob, Lynn, Paul and Terri decide to go on a vacation. They take a plane somewhere, but are plagued by engine troubles and are forced to land the plane on a lonely deserted island. The six set camp and the next morning, Paul stays at the camp"
"States in an extended loan (for safekeeping) at MoMA. Finally in accord with Picasso's wish to give the painting to the people of Spain as a gift, it was sent to Spain in 1981. From the Great Depression of the 1930s through the years of World War II, American art was characterized by Social Realism and American Scene Painting. Regionalism movements that contained both political and social commentary dominated the art world in the USA. Artists such as Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, George Tooker, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, and others became prominent. ""American Gothic"" is a"
"in American art. The scene was inspired by a diner in Greenwich Village. Hopper began painting it immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After this event there was a large feeling of gloominess over the country, a feeling that is portrayed in the painting. The urban street is empty outside the diner, and inside none of the three patrons is apparently looking or talking to the others but instead is lost in their own thoughts. This portrayal of modern urban life as empty or lonely is a common theme throughout Hopper's work. ""American Gothic"" is a painting by Grant"
"chair with her daughter Rachel Warren. Sargent attempted to emulate aristocratic poses while using a modern and confident approach to the brush strokes. Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel is a 1903 oil on canvas portrait painting by American portrait painter John Singer Sargent of Gretchen Osgood Warren, an American actress, singer, and poet, and her daughter Rachel Warren. The painting measures at and is exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. The museum acquired it on 13 May 1964. Margaret Gretchen Osgood Warren was"
"The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (originally titled Portraits d'enfants) is a painting by John Singer Sargent. The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment. It was painted in 1882 and is now exhibited in the new Art of the Americas Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting hangs between the two tall blue-and-white Japanese vases depicted in the work; they were donated by the heirs of the Boit family. It has been described as ""Arguably the most psychologically compelling painting"
"Tom Loftin Johnson (artist) Major Tom Loftin Johnson (born 1905; death date unknown) was an American painter and an art teacher at West Point. He created public murals – the largest of which was long. His ""American Pietà"" painting, which won $1,000 in the 1941 Carnegie International contest, was intended to highlight the race problem in the United States. A Pietà is meant to show the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Jesus. In Johnson's ""American Pietà,"" the black mother holds her lynched son whilst others hide his tortured body. Tom Loftin Johnson was born in Denver, Colorado in 1905. He"
"Ettore DeGrazia Ettore ""Ted"" DeGrazia (June 14, 1909 – September 17, 1982) was an American impressionist, painter, sculptor, composer, actor, director, designer, architect, jeweler, and lithographer. Described as ""the world's most reproduced artist"", DeGrazia is known for his colorful images of Native American children of the American Southwest and other Western scenes. DeGrazia also painted several series of exhibitions like the Papago Legends, Padre Kino, Cabeza de Vaca. Born to Italian immigrants, DeGrazia's family immigrated in 1898 from the Italian regions of Calabria and Campania. His parents, Salvador Domenico De Grazia and Lucia Gagliardi, were strong people who worked very"
"Bloch"". American Gothic (novel) American Gothic is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Robert Bloch, a fictionalized portrayal of real life serial killer H. H. Holmes, who is renamed ""G. Gordon Gregg"" for the story. Inspired by the case of real-life serial killer H. H. Holmes, the story follows maniacal surgeon G. Gordon Gregg, who preys on young beautiful women and, luring them into his labyrinthine castle, kills them, thus orchestrating the perfect series of crimes. However, an ambitious Chicago journalist called Crystal (last name never given) becomes suspicious of Gregg, a feeling made much more complicated by"
"way that white America views blacks. Paintings such as ""Family"" (1955) show a woman seated and a man standing with two children – the parents seem almost solemn while the children are described as hopeful and with a use of color made famous by Cézanne. In ""Family Group"" (c. 1950) Alston's use of gray and ochre tones brings together the parents and son as if one with geometric patterns connecting them together as if a puzzle. The simplicity of the look, style and emotion upon the family is reflective and probably inspired by Alston's trip south. His work during this"
"of Lebanon, New Jersey, and others, some of which were engraved for the book ""Picturesque American Scenes"" by Joubert. Extant landscape drawings by her include Passaic Falls, a view near Tuckerton, New Jersey, and Schooley's Mountain. She also painted portraits (Cora Monges, 1822; Emilie Lacoste, 1823) and exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Charlotte, her sister Zénaide (1801–1854), and their mother were painted by the French artist François Gérard, while their mother was Queen of Spain. Another French artist, the well-known Jacques-Louis David, painted a portrait of the two sisters; it shows them reading a"
"involved, showing the grief and giving indications of the sadistic castrations that usually accompanied racial lynchings. Tom Loftin Johnson (artist) Major Tom Loftin Johnson (born 1905; death date unknown) was an American painter and an art teacher at West Point. He created public murals – the largest of which was long. His ""American Pietà"" painting, which won $1,000 in the 1941 Carnegie International contest, was intended to highlight the race problem in the United States. A Pietà is meant to show the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Jesus. In Johnson's ""American Pietà,"" the black mother holds her lynched son whilst"
"American Art, New York Malcolm Morley Malcolm A. Morley (June 7, 1931 – June 1, 2018) was a British-American artist and painter. He was known as an artist who pioneered in varying styles, working as a photorealist and an expressionist, among many other styles. Morley was born in north London. He had a troubled childhood—after his home was partially blown up by a bomb during World War II, his family was homeless for a time. He recalled that he had constructed a balsawood model of and placed it on his windowsill when the German bomb destroyed the house along with"
"American Progress American Progress is an 1872 painting by John Gast, a Prussian-born painter, printer, and lithographer who lived and worked most of his life in Brooklyn, New York. ""American Progress"", an allegory of Manifest Destiny, was widely disseminated in chromolithographic prints. It is now held by the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, California. Other than he painted ""American Progress"", and that he was born December 21, 1842, in Berlin, and died July 26, 1896, in Brooklyn, little else is known about Gast's life. ""American Progress"" has become a seminal example of American Western art. The"
"for her, and some are perhaps the most affectionate and sensual depictions of a middle-aged woman in Western art. Among the paintings she served as a model for are: ""Imperial Monument to the Child-Woman, Gala"" (1929); ""Memory of the Child-Woman"" (1932); ""The Angelus of Gala (1935)""; ""Gala and ""The Angelus"" of Millet before the Imminent Arrival of the Conical Anamorphoses (1933)""; ""William Tell and Gradiva"" (1931); ""The Old Age of William Tell (1931)""; ""The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (1958-1959)""; ""The Ecumenical Council (1960)""; ""Corpus Hypercubus (1954)""; ""Galatea of the Spheres (1952)""; and others. In ""Portrait of Galarina"", (1940–45)"
"Gogh including a self-portrait. The self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh and ""The Window"" by Henri Matisse were purchased in 1922 and were the first paintings by these two artists to enter an American public collection. Later important acquisitions include Hans Holbein the Younger's ""Portrait of a Woman"", James Abbott McNeill Whistler's ""Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket"", and works by Paul Cézanne, Eugène Delacroix, Auguste Rodin, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and François Rude. German Expressionism was embraced and collected early on by the DIA, with works by Heinrich Campendonk, Franz Marc, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Beckmann, Karl Hofer, Emil Nolde, Lovis"
"matter."" Daughters of Revolution Daughters of Revolution (1932) is a painting by American artist Grant Wood; he claimed it as his only satire. In 1927, Wood was commissioned to create a stained glass window in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Unhappy with the quality of domestic glass sources, he used glass made in Germany. The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) complained about the use of a German source for a World War I memorial, as Germany had been an enemy of the US in that war. They expressed a lingering anti-German sentiment"
"Edith Vonnegut Edith ""Edie"" Vonnegut (born 1949 in Schenectady, New York) is an American painter. Her work—most of which heavenly beings and mundane activities—has been showcased at galleries across the United States, and is featured in the book ""Domestic Goddesses"", along with her humorous commentary. Vonnegut is the daughter of novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and his first wife, Jane Marie (Cox), and the sister of Mark Vonnegut and Nanette Vonnegut. She was named for her paternal grandmother, Edith Lieber Vonnegut. She was once married to television personality Geraldo Rivera and has published under the names ""Edith Vonnegut"", ""Edith Vonnegut Rivera"""