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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. It is at the Art Institute of Chicago.  

'''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, who never posed together. The house was selected because of its pretentious upstairs [[Gothic]] window.  The painting was controversial when it was first exhibited in 1930. It is at the Art Institute of Chicago.  

It is not satire, but a portrayal of rural moral virtue. The artist Wood:

It is not satire, but a portrayal of rural moral virtue. The artist Wood: