American Gothic

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American Gothic is a famous 1930 painting by Grant Wood depicting a stern farmer and his daughter in front of a rural house, and is one of the most iconic images in American art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
appliedOn beaverboard
artForm genre painting
portrait
collection Art Institute of Chicago
colorPalette muted tones
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Grant Wood
depictionStyle detailed realism
depicts Carpenter Gothic house
farmer
farmer's daughter
pitchfork
rural American setting
depictsLocation Eldon, Iowa
describedBySource Art history textbooks
exhibitedAt Art Institute of Chicago
surface form: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
genre American Regionalism
hasCulturalSignificance frequent subject of parody
iconic image of American art
symbol of Midwestern rural life
hasGenre portrait painting
hasPart apron
barn in background
curtains in window
gothic window
overalls
plants in foreground
height 78 cm
inception 1930
influenced popular culture parodies
inspiredBy Dibble House
languageOfTitle English
location Art Institute of Chicago
mainCharacter female figure
male farmer
materialUsed oil paint
movement Regionalism
notableFor sharp linear detail
stern expressions of figures
symbolic interpretation of American character
partOf American art canon
setInPeriod early 20th-century rural America
subjectOf art historical analysis
titleLanguage English
width 65.3 cm

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regionalism hasNotableWork American Gothic
subject surface form: Regionalism (art movement)
Eldon, Iowa hasNotableWorkAssociated American Gothic
Dibble House inspiredWork American Gothic
American Regionalism notableWork American Gothic
Grant Wood notableWork American Gothic
Southern Gothic relatedGenre American Gothic