Comments on: The Case for a New Grant Wood Painting http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2012/03/the-case-for-a-new-grant-wood-painting/ An impassioned view of what's worth looking at Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Audrey Burtrum-Stanley http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2012/03/the-case-for-a-new-grant-wood-painting/#comment-108 Audrey Burtrum-Stanley Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:10:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=168#comment-108 I am a huge fan of GRANT WOOD. This piece - if it is indeed UNFINISHED lacks his smooth roundness; indeed, he made all of Iowa look like there was nary a sharp edge anywhere! I do not like the reflective water - it seems too impressionistic; the clouds are poorly composed; even the fields with corn and hay are not executed well... However, the detail of canvas and paint applications are very interesting. I believe it might have been a work in progress. I do know, from extensive reading and having visited with Nan (his sister), Grant Wood did delightful, memorable pranks and 'humor was a serious part of his life!' Good Luck! I am a huge fan of GRANT WOOD. This piece – if it is indeed UNFINISHED lacks his smooth roundness; indeed, he made all of Iowa look like there was nary a sharp edge anywhere!

I do not like the reflective water – it seems too impressionistic; the clouds are poorly composed;
even the fields with corn and hay are not executed well…
However, the detail of canvas and paint applications are very interesting.

I believe it might have been a work in progress.

I do know, from extensive reading and having visited with Nan (his sister), Grant Wood did delightful, memorable pranks and ‘humor was a serious part of his life!’

Good Luck!

]]> By: Renee Reader http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2012/03/the-case-for-a-new-grant-wood-painting/#comment-70 Renee Reader Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:08:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=168#comment-70 Did the bigfoot prints have 8 toes? TBH I thought those shrub "toes" were rows of orchard trees, perhaps farther away. The perspective seems odd. However, I do like the soft rolling roundness of the landscape. Did the bigfoot prints have 8 toes?
TBH I thought those shrub “toes” were rows of orchard trees, perhaps farther away. The perspective seems odd. However, I do like the soft rolling roundness of the landscape.

]]> By: Sam http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2012/03/the-case-for-a-new-grant-wood-painting/#comment-67 Sam Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:08:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=168#comment-67 Seems obvious to even a casual observer that this can't be by Grant Wood - it doesn't even come close to the clean lines and fine polish of his later works. Could be someone did this in the style of Wood, and presented it to him as a gift. I wouldn't look at this and think "Grant Wood" - I'd look at this and think "High School Art Class". Seems obvious to even a casual observer that this can’t be by Grant Wood – it doesn’t even come close to the clean lines and fine polish of his later works. Could be someone did this in the style of Wood, and presented it to him as a gift. I wouldn’t look at this and think “Grant Wood” – I’d look at this and think “High School Art Class”.

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