The Dibble House in Eldon, Iowa, was the inspiration for Grant Wood’s 1930 painting “American Gothic.” “Grant Wood didn’t even set foot inside the house,” said Cari Nicely ...

Behind them is a house, with an arched Gothic-style window, modeled after the one in Eldon. The real American Gothic House was built in the 1880s. According to information provided by the museum ...

According to the American Gothic House Center website, "Wood said he found the window amusing and called it 'pretentious' for such a small house … he sketched his idea on site, but returned to ...

We're at the beginning of the Great Depression. [Kohlsdorf] Today, Wood's iconic canvas is celebrated at the American Gothic House Center, an interactive museum dedicated to preserving the legacy ...

"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a ...

Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs ... pictured in front of their country house (based on a real building the painter encountered in Eldon, Iowa), their faces hardened ...

Gothic Revival came into ... as Gothic Revival architecture style as of October 2024. Supplemental data on median home age is from the 2022 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau.