- Born
- Died
- Grant Wood was born on February 13, 1891 in Amarosa, Iowa, USA. He was married to Sara Sherman Maxon. He died on February 12, 1942 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
- SpouseSara Sherman Maxon(1935 - 1938) (divorced)
- Events in his life were dramatized for the NBC radio series "Art for Your Sake" on 4/27/40. The 30-minute show, the last of the series, was hosted by Dr. Bernard S. Myers and written by Park Rinard. After Wood's death on 2/12/42 the same script was performed by members of the faculty at Iowa State College and broadcast over the college radio station WOI on 4/15/42.
- His life was profiled on the Art Institute of Chicago's radio series "Great Artists" that aired on WGN on 12/2/41. The Goodman Theater Players provided dramatized highlights of his life.
- His artwork was featured on the Art Institute of Chicago TV show "People Who Posed," which aired 11/27/55 on WTTW in Chicago. "The Farmer and His Wife" features George D. Culler, director of museum education at the Art Institute, and his guest Frederick A. Sweet, curator of American paintings, discussing "American Gothic," the famous painting by Wood.
- The woman in his most famous painting, "American Gothic", was his sister Nan.
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