Who, in 1930, painted the picture American Gothic?
American Gothic episode "The Masterpiece", marketing campaigns, pornography, and by couples who recreate the image by facing a camera, one of them holding a pitchfork or other object in its place. American Gothic American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the "American Gothic" House in Eldon, Iowa, along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." It depicts a farmer standing beside a woman who has been interpreted to be his sister. The figures were modeled by
American Gothic Coast art circles. Wood was quoted in this period as stating, "All the good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow." The Depression-era understanding of the painting as a depiction of an authentically American scene prompted the first well-known parody, a 1942 photo by Gordon Parks of cleaning woman Ella Watson, shot in Washington, D.C. "American Gothic" is a frequently parodied image. It has been lampooned in Broadway shows such as "The Music Man", movies such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", television shows such as "Green Acres" and the "Dick Van Dyke Show"