American Gothic

American Gothic is a painting done in 1930 by Grant Wood. It is an example of Modernism. It depicts a farmer and his daughter, often incorrectly assumed to be his wife, standing in front of their house. The inspiration for the painting was the fact that the house, a typical rural house, has a Gothic style window on the second story. Wood found this unorthodox.

trivia

 * The models are his dentist and his sister.
 * The painting won a bronze medal and the equivalent of $4,654 when first entered in a contest