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Birth Name: Grant DeVolson Wood
Date of Birth: February 13, 1891
Place of Birth: Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: February 12, 1942
Place of Death: Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, as well as distant Scottish
Grant Wood was an American painter. He is particularly known for his painting “American Gothic” (1930), depicting a farmer and his daughter, and for other depictions of the rural American Midwest. He was part of the realist Regionalism movement.
Grant was the son of Hattie DeEtte (Weaver) and Francis Maryville Wood. He was born in a rural area, and was later raised partly in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His sister was artist and art teacher Nan Wood Graham, who is the woman depicted in American Gothic.
Grant’s paternal grandfather was named Joseph Wood. Joseph was born in Virginia.
Grant’s paternal grandmother was named Rebecca L. Shepherd. Rebecca was born in Virginia.
Grant’s maternal grandfather was Devolson Weaver (the son of Lodowick Weaver, Jr. and Matilda Weaver). Devolson was born in New York. Lodowick was the son of Lodowick Weaver and Mary “Polly” Brown. Matilda was the daughter of Joshua Weaver and Anna Davis.
Grant’s maternal grandmother was named Nancy L. Smith. Nancy was born in New York.
Sources: Genealogies of Grant Wood – https://www.wikitree.com https://www.findagrave.com
Grant Wood on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Grant Wood (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com