Grant Wood Studio

Neato door– such a great energy in the studio– can totally envision him working in there and eating a sandwich @ the window. Cool to have such an iconic American painter come from such a nameless place.

A very delightful and intriguing Cedar Rapids attraction. Admission was free, tours were very flexible as you didn’t have to schedule an appointment or be there at a certain time, a very informative and well-​made video provides a backdrop for Grant Wood’s life and time period, and a first-​hand look at where Wood actually lived and worked, including archival photographs showing the then and now. Highly recommended for not only tourists to Cedar Rapids or Eastern Iowa, but also a must-​see for those who live in the community.

Grant Wood was a prolific painter and artist who initiated the early 20^th Century Art Movement called Regionalism. His most famous work is «American Gothic», a painting of an old man holding a pitchfork and his daughter. Grant Wood spent most of his life in Cedar Rapids where he taught high school art and painted. He is one of the most famous American painters of the 20^th Century, yet most people don’t know his name.
At the Grant Wood Studio you can visit the studio above a funeral home carriage house where he did a lot of his work. After paying for admission you can watch a short video about the life of Grant Wood and you can see several other examples of his art work. Then one of the docents takes you on a tour of the studio. The studio is empty and is almost the way Wood left you. You can see his ingenuity in the way he invented ways to save space.
If you’re interested in American Art and specifically Grant Wood, make sure you stop by this landmark.