American Gothic has become an American icon, ... from TV commercials for cornflakes and several US sitcoms, to a cameo appearance as a pair of creepy puritans in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Here’s today’s quiz. “American Gothic” is: A. An iconic American painting of a farmer holding a pitchfork as he stands beside his wife or daughter in front of a farmhouse. B. A short-lived ...

(1) In 1930, Iowan artist Grant Wood paints American Gothic using his sister Nan and a local dentist as models. (The history’s recounted in Steven Biel’s new American Gothic: A Life of America ...

“American Gothic” — the famed 1930 portrait featuring a stern, skinny middle-aged woman and a pitchfork-wielding older gentleman — is one of the most famous paintings in the world.

The story of American Gothic begins with a trim white cottage in Eldon, Iowa, that Wood, an Iowa-born artist with European training, spotted from a car window in August 1930. * He decided to paint ...

arts entertainment Travel . Add the 'American Gothic' tour of Iowa to your quirky road trip list Artist Grant Wood's home state is throwing a yearlong party in honor of what would have been his ...

A native Iowan, Wood (1892-1941) took up art as a teenager, drawing for his high school yearbook and magazine. He went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago (where "American Gothic" now ...

American Gothic premiered on September 22, 1995, and spawned 22 haunting episodes, with the spooky original attempting to capitalize on the popularity of fellow eerie shows like Twin Peaks and ...

Hours: The American Gothic Visitors’ Center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 ...

American Gothic has become an American icon, ... from TV commercials for cornflakes and several US sitcoms, to a cameo appearance as a pair of creepy puritans in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.