1 / 11

Grant Wood Landscapes

Grant Wood Landscapes. What do you think a landscape is?. Grant Wood:. Born in Iowa Grew up on a farm Loved art at an early age. Liked drawing pictures of nature and everything around him. (farm animals, houses, trees, and chickens-his favorite.

wynn
Download Presentation

Grant Wood Landscapes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Grant Wood Landscapes • What do you think a landscape is?

  2. Grant Wood: • Born in Iowa • Grew up on a farm • Loved art at an early age. • Liked drawing pictures of nature and everything around him. • (farm animals, houses, trees, and chickens-his favorite.

  3. When Grant was in 8th grade, he entered one of his drawings in a nationwide art contest. The picture of oak leaves won a prize of $5. Grant began selling his paintings during high school. He sold them in order to buy art supplies.

  4. Grant painted very carefully. • He used crisp lines and solid shapes. What kinds of shapes do you see? Where? Young Corn Grant Wood

  5. Grant loved to paint landscapes of the country side. • He also loved to paint pictures of his family, friends, and farm. Woman with the Plants Grant Wood

  6. Regionalism: • Grant’s style of painting • Popular in the 1920’s & 1930’s • American style of art • Got its name from landscape painters and the people of the Midwest Iowa Ohio

  7. Landscape: A painting or picture of land and objects that one would see outside in nature. What size is the farm in the background? Why? Wood Fall PlowingGrant Wood

  8. Foreground:The front of a picture or painting. Objects in the foreground are large. Middle Ground: The middle of a picture or painting. Objects in the middle ground are medium size. Background:The back of a picture of painting. Objects in the background are small. Haying Grant Wood

  9. Find an organic shape. • Find a geometric shape. What happens to the trees as Grant paints them in the background? Stone City, Iowafeatures a nearby farming community.

  10. Find something in the foreground of this painting. What size is it? Paul Revere’s RideGrant Wood

  11. American Gothic was inspired by his sister and his dentist! Shows a farmer & his daughter in front of a small Gothic style farmhouse.

More Related