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Grant Wood

1891 - 1942

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Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Wood is the 492nd most popular painter (down from 315th in 2019), the 1,878th most popular biography from United States (down from 992nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Painter.

Grant Wood is most famous for his painting "American Gothic."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Grant Wood ranks 492 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Boldini, Maerten de Vos, Cennino Cennini, Théodore Chassériau, Maria Prymachenko, and Matthäus Merian. After him are Guo Xi, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Eugène Atget, Arman, Francisco Pacheco, and Parrhasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Grant Wood ranks 44. Before him are Antonio Segni, Yrjö Väisälä, Hans Reichenbach, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Arthur Drewry, and Max Amann. After him are Yevhen Konovalets, Bronislava Nijinska, Michael Polanyi, Alexander Wienerberger, Cole Porter, and Pier Luigi Nervi. Among people deceased in 1942, Grant Wood ranks 48. Before him are Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Leopold Mandić, Lauri Kristian Relander, Daniil Kharms, and Séraphine Louis. After him are Adam Czerniaków, Yuri Kondratyuk, Herschel Grynszpan, Ivan Bilibin, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grant Wood ranks 1,878 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), George Jung (1942), Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), and Vincent D'Onofrio (1959). After him are Vint Cerf (1943), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949), Red Cloud (1822), Fred Durst (1970), and Larry Page (1973).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Grant Wood ranks 14. Before him are Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Lyonel Feininger (1871), and Richard Serra (1939). After him are John La Farge (1835), Frank Stella (1936), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Will Sampson (1933), and Sol LeWitt (1928).

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