Criselda Vasquez, “The New American Gothic” (2017), oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches (courtesy the artist) Ever since it was first displayed at the Art Institute Chicago (AIC) in 1930, Grant Wood’s ...

Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting (and all of its parodies) may be legendary, but most people don’t realize that the little white farmhouse in the background is real — that it’s in Eldon, Iowa ...

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ELDON — The 1880s farmhouse in America’s most famous painting lures 15,000 global visitors each year to tiny Eldon, about 117 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids. However, the 2007 Visitors Center next ...

The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is a bit different. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll ...

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