American Gothic Grant Wood Enamel Pin Holiday Gift Guide 2025 Byron McKeeby

Byron McKeeby

Constructing a Poetic Universe presents inventive works by some of the most significant Latin American artists of the 20th century as well as artists showing promise for the 21st century

10'' x 7''

They reflect back the light and put smiles on the faces of children and adults

shoulders back

American Gothic Grant Wood Enamel Pin Holiday Gift Guide 2025 Byron McKeeby"American Gothic" is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood's inspiration came from what is now known as the American Gothic House, and his decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." Painted in 1930, it depicts a farmer standing beside a woman that has been interpreted to be either his wife or his daughter. The figures were modeled by Wood's sister, Nan