Grant Wood, the painter of “American Gothic,” spent his career capturing the vast cornfields and rolling hills of Iowa, his home state. Many people have long overlooked one aspect of his life. Swipe to uncover the story ➡️ #ArtUncovered . . . . 🖼️ Grant Wood, "American Gothic," 1930, 30 × 25 in., Oil on Beaver Board, The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection 🖼️ Grant Wood, "Self-Portrait," 1932 / 1941, oil on masonite, 14 x 12 in., Figge Art Museum 🖼️ Grant Wood, "The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa," 1931, Oil on masonite, Purchased jointly by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Des Moines Art Center; with funds from the John R. Van Derlip Fund, Mrs. Howard H. Frank, and the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY In Copyright, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 🖼️ Grant Wood, "New Road," 1939, oil on canvas on paperboard ...