claim: The Independent Spirit Awards are held in Santa Monica.
evidence: Nan Wood Graham -LRB- July 26 , 1899 -- December 14 , 1990 -RRB- was the sister of painter Grant Wood .. Grant Wood. Grant Wood. She is best known as the model for the woman in her brother 's most famous painting , American Gothic .. American Gothic. American Gothic. She married Edward Graham , a real estate investor ; and spent the rest of her life as a historian for her brother 's work .. She died at a nursing home at the age of 91 .