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American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture. [1][2]
Willis Seaver Adams. Clifford Addams. Daniel Adel. Vincent Aderente. Kathleen Gemberling Adkison. Lee Adler (artist) Samuel Adler (artist) Virginia Admiral. Tappan Adney.
Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. (January 28, 1902 – August 15, 1981) was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art; for example, his arranging of the blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition of 1935, in the words of author Bernice Kert ...
Joseph Barbera. Hannelore Baron. Mary Ethel Williams Barrett. Frederic Clay Bartlett. Paul Alexander Bartlett. Rick Bartow. Sam Bass (artist) Elsie Bates-Freund.
Andrew Loomis. William Andrew Loomis (June 15, 1892 – May 25, 1959) was an American illustrator, writer, and art instructor. His commercial work was featured prominently in advertising and magazines. However, Loomis is best known as the writer of a series of instructional art books printed throughout the 20th century, and also as the inventor ...
Adam Emory Albright. Albert Alcalay. Jay Alders. David Aldrich. Richard Aldrich (artist) William Truman Aldrich. Jason Shawn Alexander. John White Alexander. Larry D. Alexander.
Charles Edward Ives (/ aɪ v z /; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. [1] Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. [2] His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed for many years.
Will Rogers. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [2] As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled ...