2. * Self taught artist
from Cedar Rapids
Iowa
* Painted small town
America during the
depression years.
* Known as the
“painter in overalls.”

3. His farmscapes had rolling hills, fluffy trees, and
country roads.

4. His landscapes appear still and silent.

5. Grant Wood used geometric shapes, ovals, circles and
curves in his landscapes. The shapes were simplified
and stylized.

6. By layering the land he created a lot of distance in his
landscapes.

7. Grant Wood’s style of painting was called
Regionalism which means the painting of
American subjects specific to a region.

8. Grant Wood studied in Europe but came
back to Iowa because “all my really good
ideas came to me while milking a cow.”