American Gothic By Grant Wood is A Familiar Subject for Parody
In this fun photo, X user Bethe and her husband recreated Grant Wood’s famous 1930 painting American Gothic, with a Canadian twist. The real painting is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Fun fact, although many believe the man and woman to be husband and wife, Wood explained to a fan in a letter that the woman is actually his daughter.
What a fun and creative way to make the best of the cold, snowy weather much of Canada is currently experiencing. You can see Grant Wood’s original American Gothic painting below and learn more about the famous artwork here.
American Gothic by Grant Wood
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Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter born four miles (660;km) east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century. This is one of the most famous paintings in American art, and one of the few images to reach the status of universally recognized cultural icon, comparable to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
Wood was married to Sara Sherman Maxon from 1935–38. Wood taught painting at the University of Iowa’s School of Art from 1934 to 1941. During that time, he supervised mural painting projects, mentored students, produced a variety of his own works, and became a key part of the University’s cultural community.
On February 12, 1942, one day before his 51st birthday, Wood died at the university hospital of pancreatic cancer. When Wood died, his estate went to his sister, Nan Wood Graham, the woman portrayed in American Gothic. When she died in 1990, her estate, along with Wood’s personal effects and various works of art, became the property of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa.
News About American GothicShout Out to ParodyIconic images and characters
are cousins to commonality,
becoming so well known
large groups of people,
and sometimes the whole world,
can reference them without thinking.When Sherlock Holmes broke his leg
and was wheelchair bound,
he still investigated mysteries –
and would often mutter to Watson,
“The games ahand!”
or when the good doctor asked where
Holmes’s daughter was going to school –
the answer was, of course: Elementary. In art, Wood Grant’s iconic American Gothic
of farmer and daughter fame
is endlessly parodied…
Darth Vader and Princess Leia with a
iIghtsaber taking the place of the pitchfork,
anthropomorphic dogs in farmer outfits,
Kermit and Miss Piggy,
Batman and Robin with a batarang,
the farmer holding a can of Campbell’s Soup
or the farmer & daughter wielding an Imac…
or President Trump and Satan
tearing up the Constitution,
or, oops, sorry, that last one veered back
into reality and is not funny. ©2025 Carl Scott Harker, author of this book
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