On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I remember the painting well but I always thought it was done by Andrew
> Wyeth.
>
> Until this week had never consciously heard of Grant Wood.
The emblematic thing in "American Gothic" is not knowing how to take
it. Most of Wood's best paintings are like that.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/haven/wood/gallery4.html#daughters
The Parson Weems painting is probably familiar to most Americans
without their knowing necessarily who painted it. I love the tiny
little George Washington, and his wig.
Joel W.
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