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'''American Gothic''' is a painting by American [[artist]] [[Grant Wood]]. The subjects in the painting are a farmer and woman looking gaunt. The man holds a pitchfork and both wear severe expressions. The models for the two characters were Wood's dentist and his sister. The painting was controversial when it was first exhibited in 1930. The Art Institute of Chicago awarded the painting a prize of $300.
 
'''American Gothic''' is a painting by American [[artist]] [[Grant Wood]]. The subjects in the painting are a farmer and woman looking gaunt. The man holds a pitchfork and both wear severe expressions. The models for the two characters were Wood's dentist and his sister. The painting was controversial when it was first exhibited in 1930. The Art Institute of Chicago awarded the painting a prize of $300.
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It is not satire, as the artist Wood:
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{{cquote|intended it to be a positive statement about rural American values, an image of reassurance at a time of great dislocation and disillusionment. The man and woman, in their solid and well-crafted world, with all their strengths and weaknesses, represent survivors. <ref>https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6565/american-gothic</ref>}}
    
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