Grant Wood a life
R. Tripp Evans
- 1. ed.
- XII, 402 S., [8] Bl zahlr. Ill 25 cm
- A Borzoi book .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index
Introduction -- Paint like a man -- American, Gothic -- Wood into stone -- A fabled life -- Epilogue.
Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters. In his time he was an "almost mythical figure," recognized supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple decent, home spun tribute to our lost agrarian age. America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood, is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple