American Gothic was painted by the 20th-century American artist Grant Wood in 1930. The subject matter of Wood’s paintings was rural America, a world that the artist often presented in a satirical light. American Gothic is part of the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
American Gothic by Grant Wood/Friends of the American Art Collection/All rights reserved by the Art Institute of Chicago and VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York