American Gothic
1930 painting by Grant Wood
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Summary
American Gothic is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 0.25% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,243 views/month, #15 of 5,957).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Grant Wood[3]
- Movement: Regionalism[4]
- Depicts: couple[5], man[6], woman[7], blond hair[8], bald head[9], overalls[10], jacket[11], dress shirt[12], glasses[13], pitchfork[14], peasant[15], apron[16], American Gothic House[17], sky[18]
- Made from material: oil paint[19], beaverboard[20]
- Collection: Art Institute of Chicago[21]
- Inventory number: 1930.934[22]
- Location: Art Institute of Chicago[23]
- Commons category: American Gothic (Grant Wood)[24]
- Country of origin: United States[25]
- Catalog code: 97[26]
- Inception: 1930[27]
- Inspired by: American Gothic House[28]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 61B112[29], 47I15(PITCHFORK)[30]
- Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[31]
- Title: American Gothic[32]
- Height: 78.0 cm[33]
- Width: 65.3 cm[34]
- Model: Nan Wood Graham[35], Byron H. McKeeby[36]
- Copyright status: public domain[37]
- Artist files at: Stanford University Art & Art History Department[38]
Why It Matters
American Gothic has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]