A visit to Munich caused him to be influenced by the Neue Sachlichkeit, or the New Objectivity or Sobriety Movement, as evidenced by the often dour faces in such works as 1929's Woman with Plants. An image of George Washington and a mangled cherry tree is found in Parson Wee
A visit to Munich caused him to be influenced by the Neue Sachlichkeit, or the New Objectivity or Sobriety Movement, as evidenced by the often dour faces in such works as 1929's Woman with Plants. An image of George Washington and a mangled cherry tree is found in Parson Weems' Fable, and his work Arbor Day is on the reverse of the Iowa State Quarter. His sister Nan and his dentist were the models of his most famous work, featuring a stern-faced couple standing in front of a farmouse. FTP name this painter of American Gothic.
A visit to Munich caused him to be influenced by the Neue Sachlichkeit, or the New Objectivity or Sobriety Movement, as evidenced by the often dour faces in such works as 1929's Woman with Plants.
Grant {Wood}