Transcript ART DISCOVERY

Norman Rockwell
Grant Wood
Norman Rockwell
Painter & Illustrator
1894-1978
NORMAN ROCKWELL
• Born February 3, 1894 in
NYC
• Goes to art school at age
14
• In 1913, at age 19,
becomes editor of Boy
Scouts of America
magazine “Boy’s Life”
• Submits cover art to
Saturday Evening Post in
1916
• Published 321 original covers for The Saturday Evening
Post over 47 years
• Work depicts idealized American life + humor
• Rejected by the Navy in WWI
(underweight); stuffs himself &
gets in: military artist
• Married 3 times; three children
w/ 2nd wife
• Painted series of 4 paintings in
1943 inspired by a speech by
FDR: Freedom from Want,
Freedom of Speech, Freedom
to Worship, Freedom from
Fear
Freedom from Want
1943
NORMAN ROCKWELL
painter & illustrator
• During long career, paints
portraits of Presidents
Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson & Nixon
• Received Presidental Medal
of Freedom in 1977 (United
States highest civilian
honor)
• Produced over 4,000
original works in his lifetime
• Died November 8, 1978 of
emphysema at 84
Grant Wood
Painter
1891 – 1942
Grant Wood
• Born February 13, 1891 in
Anamosa, Iowa
• Moved to Cedar Rapids Iowa
when his father died in 1901
• Apprenticed to a metal shop
• Attends School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
• Works as a silversmith
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Made 4 trips to
europe where
he studied many
styles of
painting,
including
impressionismW
hat he likes best
is the work of
Jan Van Eyck, a
flemish painter
from the 15th
century who
was a realist.
Wood is
influenced by
his style.
Stone City, Iowa (1930)
Helped form an art
colony to help other
artists get through the
Great Depression. He
is a leading figure in
the Regionalism
movement which is
about art that depicts
what life is like in
different parts of the
country.
Midnight ride of paul revere (1931)
He taught painting at
the university of Iowa
starting in 1934.
Spring in Town (1941)
American Gothic is one of
the most famous paintings
in american art. The title
refers to the architectural
style of the house in the
background. The painting
shows a farmer standing
beside his spinster
daughter. The models were
Wood’s sister and his
dentist. The painting tells
the story of the American
spirit of hard work during
the Great Depression.
You can see the original
painting at the Art Institute
of Chicago
American Gothic (1930)
Grant Wood died on
February 12, 1942 – one
day before his 51st birthday
– of liver cancer.