Status
Checked out
Due 4/21/2024
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Publication
Knopf (2010), Edition: 1st Edition, 402 pages
Description
Wood was one of America's most famous regionalist painters. In his time he was an "almost mythical figure," recognized supremely for his hard-boiled farm scene, American Gothic, a painting that has come to reflect the essence of America's traditional values--a simple decent, home spun tribute to our lost agrarian age. America's most acclaimed, and misunderstood, regionalist painter, Grant Wood, is revealed to have been anything but plain, or simple.
Media reviews
In his meticulously researched biography of Grant Wood, Evans (Wheaton College in Massachusetts) skillfully disentangles the myth from the man. Almost universally known for his iconic painting American Gothic (1930), Wood has been enshrined in the art historical literature as the quintessential
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American artist who faithfully, if ironically, portrays the folksy values of his humble Midwestern compatriots. Through a close reading of primary source material, Evans makes a compelling case that Grant Wood was a closeted homosexual, a belief privately held or openly alluded to by many who knew him, including his wife, Sara Sherman Maxon. Having established Wood's probable sexual orientation and noting the artist's own ambivalence towards sexuality, Evans is able to tease out a wealth of convincing fresh interpretations for even Wood's best-known works... Show Less
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2011)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction — 2011)
Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award (2011)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Biography — 2010)
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Memoir/Biography — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
9.5 inches
ISBN
030726629X / 9780307266293