A Year on a FarmThe
Seasonal Landscapes
of
Grant Wood
I realized that all the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
So I went back to Iowa. --Grant Wood--
Fall Plowing
What is going on here?
Are there any colors that make you feel hot or cold?
Where in the painting do your eyes focus?
What are the different parts of the painting?
What is in the front of the painting? How did the artist make it look like it was in the front?
What time of year is it? How can you tell?
Seed Time and Harvest
Near Sundown
January (Cornshocks)1937, lithograph9 by 11 7/8 in.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture GardenUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Art Association Collection
Jean Rathburn Faulkner Memorial1992.N-747
March
Young Corn
Arbor Day
Spring in the Country
Turning
Fertility
Landscape
Haying
July 15
Credits
This Power Point presentation created by Jamie Barnhill with valuable input from Karl Schaefer, Darlene Ryan and John Heffernan.
The works of Grant Wood displayed in this presentation are used with permission from:
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden
University of Virginia American Studies Program