In addition to the 26-foot “American Gothic” art piece, 10 life-size bronze sculptures of people will also be placed at various locations along Saginaw’s riverfront area.

Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs no introduction. It’s a deceptively simple work of art — a seemingly straightforward portrait of an old farmer and his daughter ...

Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting (and all of its parodies) may be legendary, but most people don’t realize that the little white farmhouse in the background is real — that it’s ...

Arts ‘American Gothic’, famous piece by artist Grant Wood, is displayed to visitors at the Art Institute of Chicago Wood finished his painting in 1930, and it drew immediate public interest ...

He has a loyal following of his work, which includes more than 450 life-size cast bronze figures, some of which have been displayed in New York's Times Square and Rockefeller Center, as well as ...

Yet Grant insisted that American Gothic was a tribute, not a sendup. In a 1941 letter to a fan, he explained as much, writing: I did not intend this painting as a satire.