One of the most famous paintings in American history will be on display in central Iowa over the next two months. American Gothic by Cedar Rapids native Grant Wood will be unveiled tonight at the Des ...

Tiny Eldon in southeast Iowa has been losing population, jobs and business for nearly five decades, but one woman is trying to turn things around with a focus on tourism centered around the ...

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A new exhibit opens this week at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art featuring some of the many parodies of the painting “American Gothic.” The most famous work by Cedar Rapids native Grant Wood is ...

Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting (and all of its parodies) may be legendary, but most people don’t realize that the little white farmhouse in the background is real — that it’s in Eldon, Iowa ...

ELDON — Most people notice the pitchfork the man holds in Grant Wood's iconic 'American Gothic' painting. But if you look closely, you'll see the shape repeated in his overalls. The same shape is used ...

“American Gothic” had its coming-out party on Oct. 30, 1930, 75 years ago today. That day a jury for the Art Institute of Chicago’s 43rd annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture awarded a ...

Even after almost 100 years, many questions surround Grant Wood’s iconic painting “American Gothic.” Was it a rural American satire or a paean? A portrait of mourning, small-minded oblivion or ...