Grant Wood

Grant DeVolson Wood (13 February, 189112 February, 1942) ek American chitrkaar rahaa aur Regionalism ke represent karat rahaa, ke khaas kar ke jaana jaawe hae uske painting jon  rural American Midwest ke dekhae hae. Uske aur jaada American Gothic (1930) khaatir jaana jaawe hae, jon 20th century ke suruuwaat ke American art ke ek iconic example maana jaawe hae.

Jawaani ke din
Wood ke janam rural Iowa, 4 mi (6.43 km) Anamosa ke east me , on February 13, 1891 me bhais rahaa. Uu Hattie DeEtte Wood (née Weaver) aur Francis Maryville Wood ke larrka rahaa. Hattie aapan palwaar ke Cedar Rapids lae gais jab 1901 me  Francis mar gais rahaa. Iske thorraa din baad, Wood ek local metal shop me apprentiship suruu karis rahaa. Washington High School se graduate hoe ke baad, uu The Handicraft Guild, ek art school jiske Minneapolis  me puura aurat log chalaawat rahin, me enrol bhais rahaa. 

1913 me, Wood , School of the Art Institute of Chicago me bbharti bhais rahaa, jahaan pe uu   1913 se 1916 talak parrhis rahaa. Wood, kuchh silversmith ke kaam bhi karis rahaa.  

Career
World War I ke khalaas hoe talak, Wood, United States army ke join kar liis rahaa, jisme uu chitrkaar ke ke kaam karat rahaa aur  camouflage scenes aur duusra art ke design karat rahaa.

1919 se 1925 talak, Wood junior high school students ke,  Cedar Rapids public school system, me art parrhais rahaa. Ii kaam se uske financial stability milaa, aur ii seasonal kaam ke kaaran uu summer me Europe jaawat rahaa, art ke study kare ke khaatir.   1923–1924 school year me, Wood chhutti lae ke puura saal Europe me rahaa.   Jab uu parrhaat rahaa, tab  Wood  woodworking aur metalworking se experiment karis rahaa. Jaise, uu ek bench banais rahaa jisme larrkan bauth ke Principal se punishment ke wait karat rahin, jiske Woos Mourner's Bench naam diis rahaa, ek humorous reference mourner's bench ke jiske   Methodist churches me kaam me laawa jaae hae. 

1924 se 1935 talak, Wood aapan maiyaa ke saathe rahat rahaa ek carriage house in Cedar Rapids me ke hayloft me, jiske uu badal ke uske  personal studio at "5 Turner Alley" (ii sudio ke koi address nai rahaa, jab tak Wood ek ke banais nai rahaa) banais rahaa.

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