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Grant wood 2
- 2. * Self taught artist
from Cedar Rapids
Iowa
* Painted small town
America during the
depression years.
* Known as the
“painter in overalls.”
- 5. Grant Wood used geometric shapes, ovals, circles and
curves in his landscapes. The shapes were simplified
and stylized.
- 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.”