Grant Wood Spring Brook Elementary School给木春溪小学.pptVIP

Self-portrait, 1932 Grant Wood – As a child Born on February 13, 1891 in Iowa Died in 1942 Grew up on a farm in Anamosa, Iowa Went to school in one room school house Liked to draw but had no money for art supplies - He used bits of charcoal and cardboard In 1916, he went to study at the Art Institute of Chicago During World War I (1914-1918), he painted camouflage on trucks and cannons In 1920, after the war, he went to France, Italy and Germany to study art, and supervised the making of stained glass windows Also studied “Gothic Art” which was very detailed and natural. People