Grant Woodアメリカ合衆国, 1891–1942アメリカン・ゴシック
American Gothic
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シカゴ美術館
展示室展示室 263シカゴ, アメリカ合衆国
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About the painting
『アメリカン・ゴシック』（英: American Gothic）は、アメリカ合衆国の画家グラント・ウッドが1930年に描いた油絵である。シカゴ美術館が所蔵している。
平屋の古風な家の前に三叉のピッチフォークを手にして立っている農夫と、その側に立つ農夫の娘（しばしば農夫の妻と間違われる）が描かれている。この家はアイオワ州エルドンにある「ディブル邸」で、現在は「アメリカン・ゴシック・ハウス」と呼ばれている。タイトルは、この家の建築様式であるカーペンター・ゴシックにちなんだものである。
この作品は20世紀のアメリカの絵画の中で最も有名なものの一つであり、アメリカの大衆文化において様々なパロディ化がなされている。
In the museum's words
In American Gothic, Grant Wood directly evoked images of an earlier generation by featuring a farmer and his daughter posed stiffly and dressed as if they were, as the artist put it, “tintypes from my old family album.” They stand outside of their home, built in an 1880s style known as Carpenter Gothic. Wood had seen a similar farmhouse during a visit to Eldon, Iowa.
When it was exhibited at the Art Institute in 1930, the painting became an instant sensation, its ambiguity prompting viewers to speculate about the figures and their story. Many understood the work to be a satirical comment on midwesterners out of step with a modernizing world. Yet Wood intended it to convey a positive image of rural American values, offering a vision of reassurance at the beginning of the Great Depression.
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作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1930.934
What it shows
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出典
- シカゴ美術館: the museum's own open data · 7 日前に取得
- 画像： シカゴ美術館 — © the artist or rights holder
その頃、Grant Woodの人生では
生涯をすべて見る1922–1928
Four trips to Europe: the Impressionists and Van Eyck
Between 1922 and 1928 Wood made four trips to Europe, studying many styles of painting, especially Impressionism and Post-Impressionism; it was the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck who influenced him most, giving him the clarity of technique that he brought into his new work.
1924–1935
“5 Turner Alley”: a studio in a carriage-house hayloft
From 1924 to 1935 Wood lived with his mother in the hayloft of a carriage house in Cedar Rapids that he had converted into his personal studio; it had no address until Wood made one up: “5 Turner Alley”.
1928
Munich: stained-glass windows for the Veterans Memorial
In 1928 Wood travelled to Munich to oversee the making of the stained-glass windows he had designed for the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids.
1930
“American Gothic” in Chicago: a $300 prize
The painting was first exhibited in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it still hangs; it won a $300 prize and made news stories nationwide, bringing Wood immediate recognition.
1930s
Helps Curry and Benton return to the Midwest
John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, who with Wood are the artists most associated with Regionalism, returned to the Midwest thanks to his encouragement; he helped them find teaching positions at colleges, Curry in Wisconsin and Benton in Missouri.
1932
Helps found the Stone City Art Colony
In 1932 Wood helped found the Stone City Art Colony near his hometown to help artists get through the Great Depression.
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