I wrote a long post on interwar landscapes that had a great deal in common, regardless of where the landscapes were painted. Only after that post was published did someone suggest Grand Wood would have been an ideal inclusion, so I wrote another post on Wood's interwar landscapes.
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/inter-war-landscapes-amazing.html and http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/inter-war-american-landscapes-grant.html
Thank you for adding later Wood paintings and thank you for including paintings that were not largely landscapes.
Hels -- Thank you for your comments. I've been slow to reply because I'm in the midst of preparing a new e-book on a car styling subject.
April 26, 2016 at 4:34 PM
Grant Wood (1891-1942) was what was called a "Regionalist" or "American Scene" painter, his best-known work being the truly iconic "American Gothic." His Wikipedia entry is here.
I wrote an "In the Beginning" post about Wood here, and included images of paintings from mid-career along with one from the year before his death from pancreatic cancer.
The present post features paintings dated 1939, 1940 and 1941, when he was 48-50, prime ages for many artists. So, unlike some Towards the End subjects, there is not much difference from his most famous works made when he was in his early-mid 40s. The main difference is that some tend to be a little bit less Moderne, simplified, geometrically-solid than the early 1930s paintings.
Gallery
[Image]Haying - 1939
[Image]New Road - 1939
[Image]Parson Weems' Fable - 1939
[Image]January - 1940
[Image]Sentimental Ballad - 1940
[Image]Spring in the Country - 1941
[Image]Spring in Town - 1941
posted by Donald Pittenger at 1:00 AM on Apr 21, 2016
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Close this window Jump to comment formI wrote a long post on interwar landscapes that had a great deal in common, regardless of where the landscapes were painted. Only after that post was published did someone suggest Grand Wood would have been an ideal inclusion, so I wrote another post on Wood's interwar landscapes.
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/inter-war-landscapes-amazing.html
and
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/inter-war-american-landscapes-grant.html
Thank you for adding later Wood paintings and thank you for including paintings that were not largely landscapes.
Hels
April 21, 2016 at 5:34 PM
Hels -- Thank you for your comments. I've been slow to reply because I'm in the midst of preparing a new e-book on a car styling subject.
April 26, 2016 at 4:34 PM