Grant Wood, American painter and academic (d. 1942)
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa – February 12, 1942 in Iowa City) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.