The Luxembourg Gardens — Grant Wood

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Artist: Grant Wood
Date: 1924
Location: Figge Art Museum

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THE ARTIST

Grant Wood

1891–1942 · United States

Grant Wood, the iconic painter of 'American Gothic,' captured the spirit of the rural American Midwest with striking clarity and detail.

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Further Works by Wood

American Gothic 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago

Family Doctor 1940 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Same era · 1900s–1930s Bull's Head Mikhail Larionov · 1913 · Tretyakov Gallery

Same era · 1900s–1930s Asiatic God Paul Klee · 1924 · Art Institute of Chicago

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