Grant Wood
Grant Wood is a famous painter who was born in 1891 on his parents farm near Anamosa, Iowa. Wood has been exceptional art from a very young age, winning his first 3rd place prize at age 14 for a drawing of leaves he did with crayons. In 1920, Wood set out for Europe because the art society believed that you wouldn't amount to be a famous artist if you were from the United States. Wood proved them wrong and became a very famous painter, painting everything from people to stainglass windows. I like Grant Wood because he is from Iowa. I also chose him because we studied him in 5th grade and had to recreate a version of his painting "American Gothic."
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