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Grant Wood is regarded as one of the primary artists associated with American Regionalism. Wood was born and raised in Iowa; although he remained in his home state for the majority of his career, he traveled abroad in France and Germany to study different artistic styles while gaining appreciation for Iowa’s landscape. Wood is known for his unique sense of style and humor in his works, which typically depicts rural landscapes and life during the Great Depression. Wood’s best known work is American Gothic (1930). In the later half of his career, Wood began working with the Associated American Artist (AAA) group to produce a series of lithographs that were sold in catalogs and magazine advertisements for around $5. This organization helped promote American art and artists in the Great Depression and allowed access to affordable art for middle class citizens. Woods' career was cut short at the age of 50 due to his death by liver cancer in 1942. Label Type
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February shows a winter scene, in which three horses stand behind a barbed wire fence. This is one of the three winter scenes that Wood created, with the last being December Afternoon. February was completed in 1941, just one year before his death. Unlike January, Wood did not make an oil painting for this print. He did, however, create a large-scale charcoal drawing of February that sold at auction in 2008. Wood had very little knowledge in the making of lithographic prints but was supported by the Associated American Artists, which sent him lithographic stones to create these prints.